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Packers Public Relations  Atrium  1265 Avenue  Green Bay, WI 54304  920/569-7500  920/569-7201 fax Jeff Blumb, Sarah Quick, Adam Woullard, Rob Crane, Mike Spofford, Jeff Harding, Aaron Popkey VOL. IX; NO. 26 GREEN BAY, JAN. 31, 2008 2007 SEASON REVIEW

MAGICAL SEASON COMES TO BITTER END PLENTY OF REASONS FOR OPTIMISM IN 2008 The most memorable Packers season in a decade came to a sudden and Headed by a strong football operations led by McCarthy and general man- deflating end in of the NFC Championship Game. ager , the Packers enter 2008 with plenty of momentum. On a bitterly cold Sunday night in what became the highest-rated non- Winners of 17 of their last 20 regular-season games, the Packers will telecast since the Seinfeld finale in 1998, the New York return many of their core players next season. Giants ended Green Bay’s season on a 47-yard field goal. McCarthy said a timetable for Favre’s decision will be much like last year, Still, it was a season which exceeded nearly all expectations for the in which the announced his decision to return one month league’s youngest club. Nearly every preseason prognosticator picked after the season concluded. Green Bay to finish around the .500 mark. 21 of 22 starters are under contract for 2008, highlighted by a number Instead, the Packers matched a franchise record with 13 regular-season of young contributors. 16 starters have yet to reach the age of 30. wins, many of which came in electrifying fashion, and captured the 18th The Packers currently hold six selections in April’s NFL Draft. NFL com- division title in franchise history. pensatory selections will be awarded in March. Earning a first-round bye for the first time since 1997, the Packers “There has been so much positive about how the year went along, but defeated the Seahawks in the Divisional round in what will surely go everybody to a man is disappointed the way it ended,” McCarthy said in down as one of the most memorable games in Lambeau Field history. his final press conference. “So we have a lot of positive energy, a lot of  Mike McCarthy, 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year, positive experiences to tap into as we move forward, and I would antic- became the first Packers coach since to lead his team ipate come March that we'll pick up and have a better offseason than last to a championship game in his second season. year.” Just two seasons removed from a 4-12 record, the resurgence came The Packers’ offseason workout program begins March 17. Mini-camps from strong play in all three phases. McCarthy, the offense’s play-caller, and OTAs will begin later in the spring. engineered the NFL’s No. 2-ranked unit, which put up one of the most productive seasons in Packers history. Not to be overlooked was the PRESEASON defense, which ranked 11th in the league at season’s end, and a special Date Opponent Result Att. teams unit that produced four touchdowns. Sat., Aug. 11 at Steelers ...... W, 13-9 (57,151) Sat., Aug. 18 (Gold Pkg.) . . . .W, 48-13 (69,761) PERHAPS HIS BEST? (Midwest Shrine Game) The NFL’s only three-time MVP, quarterback may have com- Thurs., Aug. 23 ...... L, 21-13 (69,268) pleted the finest season of his career at age 38. Favre became just the (Bishop’s Charities Game) fourth NFL player to be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Thurs., Aug. 30 at ...... L, 30-14 (69,143) and also took home 2007 FedEx Air Player of the Year honors. REGULAR SEASON It was a monumental year for Favre, who broke some of the league’s most hallowed records. Date Opponent Result Att. At the N.Y. Giants in Week 2, Favre recorded his 149th career win, sur- Sun., Sept. 9 ...... W, 16-13 (70,598) passing John Elway as the winningest quarterback in league history. Sun., Sept. 16 at ...... W, 35-13 (78,701) Sun., Sept. 23 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (Gold Pkg.) . .W, 31-24 (70,733) Favre now has 160 career wins. Sun., Sept. 30 at ...... W, 23-16 (63,779) In Week 4 at Minnesota, he surpassed Dan Marino as the NFL’s all-time Sun., Oct. 7 ...... L, 20-27 (70,904) leader in touchdown passes with his 421st TD. He now has 442. Sun., Oct. 14 WASHINGTON REDSKINS ...... W, 17-14 (70,761)  In Week 15 at St. Louis, again he surpassed Marino as the all-time Sun., Oct. 21 Open Date ...... leader in passing yards. He has 61,655 career passing yards. Mon., Oct. 29 at ...... +W, 19-13 (77,160) Once again, Favre started all 16 games at quarterback for the Packers, Sun., Nov. 4 at ...... W, 33-22 (78,988) bringing his career total to 253 consecutive regular-season starts. That Sun., Nov. 11 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . .W, 34-0 (70,945) streak ranks second in NFL history. Sun., Nov. 18 CAROLINA PANTHERS ...... W, 31-17 (70,805) But it wasn’t all about breaking records for Favre in 2007. In leading the Thurs., Nov. 22 at (Thanksgiving) ...... W, 37-26 (63,257) Packers to the division title and the NFC’s No. 2 seed, he turned in one Thurs., Nov. 29 at ...... L, 27-37 (64,167) of the finest statistical seasons of his 17-year NFL career. A look at Sun., Dec. 9 OAKLAND RAIDERS ...... W, 38-7 (70,828) where some of his 2007 numbers rank over his brilliant career: Sun., Dec. 16 at St. Louis Rams ...... W, 33-14 (66,008) Sun., Dec. 23 at Chicago Bears ...... L, 7-35 (62,272) Category 2007 Total Rank Sun., Dec. 30 DETROIT LIONS ...... W, 34-13 (70,869) Wins 13 1T Completion percentage 66.5% 1 POSTSEASON 300-yard passing games 7 1T Date Opponent Result Att. Passing yards 4,155 3 Sat., Jan. 12 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ...... W, 42-20 (72,168) Passer rating 95.7 3 Sun., Jan. 20 NEW YORK GIANTS ...... +L, 20-23 (72,740) 15 3T + – overtime Completions 356 4 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 2 MIKE McCARTHY END-OF-SEASON EXCERPTS Jan. 23, 2008

(After watching the film, is there anything you would or could have done better than the first time in Chicago. I have a point of reference to point differently from a strategic standpoint on Sunday?) Well, personally, I from a coaching standpoint, but as far as practicing outside, there's haven't watched the film. I know the coaches have graded the film. We other factors involved with why we don't go outside. But I'm comfort- talked about it as a staff. Strategically, I mean, off the top of my head, I able with the way we practiced, if that's what your question is. would say no. I think anytime you go into a game-plan, you look to put (Can you put your finger on why the focus and fundamentals were not your players in position to be successful. Based on the way the Giants there?) First of all, you have to give credit to the New York Giants. They played us, I don't think anything they did was a complete surprise. It was played very well and I don't want to take away anything away from their more about execution. victory and what they've accomplished on the road, and I'm in charge of (Is that unusual for you not to watch the tape three days later?) It's the and it starts with me, the responsibility. We did unusual but it normally happens at the season-ending ...You have your not play our best football in a time when we needed to play our best foot- exit interviews, I start meeting with the coordinators today. So we ball. That's something our whole offseason will be based on. There are haven't had time to sit down and do it. I'm not looking forward to it. a lot of positives throughout the season that we'll move forward from (Has any of the pain subsided?) Well, it's a disappointing loss. There's and if we need to change anything with our structure, our practice struc- no question about that for everybody involved, for our fans, the Green ture, anything involved, I think we've shown in the last two years we've Bay Packers organization, and for our football team. It was an opportu- been here we're not afraid to change if it's going to make our football nity that we had earned, to be in that game, and to have the game at team better. home, and to have a number of opportunities in the (Do you have a wish list of upgradeable positions?) game made available for us to win the game and we I'm not there yet. I'll spend the rest of the week, I'm did not take advantage of it. It's a tough loss, it's a actually meeting with the coordinators, I probably loss we need to learn from and I've had a chance to won't have a chance to meet with the assistant coach- look back at the game, I look at the Giants game, I es until I get back from the . But that's an look at the Seattle game and I look at the Dallas ongoing process. Ted left for the Senior Bowl on game. I think those will be three particular contests Tuesday, so we had some preliminary talks just about coming out of last year that I think our football team personnel, but I'm not really ready to answer that can learn from as far as the environment we played question. in, the path that each game created and how you (Did you get any sense of where Brett's head is at respond to the adversity and the opportunities with- going back to Mississippi?) I had a chance to talk to in those games. Those are lessons we need to learn Brett yesterday for quite some time. He was actually from and apply to our future. heading back, him and his family except for Deanna (Can you be more specific on the execution short- were headed back to Mississippi today, and we really comings?) Fundamentals. You can go through the ... as far as how to handle the decision, very similar to game. You talk about run defense being a primary focus in the football last year. Take a couple weeks, take the emotion out of everything that's game, it was not our best day against the run. We felt matchups were going on positive and negative and make the best decision that's in the favorable with our perimeter against our perimeter on offense. We did best interest of him and his family. We talked about all the reasons why not take advantage of the opportunities that we had. We did not run the to come back and some of the reasons why he wouldn't come back. We ball very well. So just a lot of the basic, fundamental aspects of football ran through that gauntlet. He's always been very open and forthcoming that we work on every single day. When the ball's on the ground, you with how he feels about every situation. I told him I'd call him or he'd jump on the football. The things that frustrate me, people want to talk call me in the next seven or 10 days. That's really how we did it the last about penalties and what they've done, I don't have control of how the two years. We'll talk probably every seven to 10 days. Giants would play. I don't have control on how penalties are applied in (Do you get the feeling there's unfinished business, doesn't want his the game, both to you and against you. But the thing we do control is final pass to be an ?) We covered all that and then more. the way we practice every day and how we play. And when you don't (A year ago, you were ending on a high note. What's it going to be like execute at the level that you're capable of executing with the things that this year getting guys back on the horse?) Well, I'll say this, for as tough you practice every day, that's what is disappointing. as the loss has been, 99 percent of the conversations I've had with the (Did you not feel you could attack the middle of their defense? Were they players and coaches has been extremely positive. This group of players playing to take away the slants?) Offensively, just going back through was a fun group to coach, it was a fun run we were on. We won a lot of the call sheet, our biggest problem on offense was first of all the pro- football games, won a lot of them in big fashion, won some tight ones, duction in normal down and distance, and then the inability to convert too. But just the culture that's been created. I feel very good about the third downs. We can question all we want about the game-plan, but program, the direction of our program that is in place. So do the play- when you play 49 plays and you're an up-tempo offense, there's some- ers. They feel they're treated extremely well, the communication and all thing wrong. Do you run enough keeps, do you attack the middle of the the key elements of being successful are in place. field? I mean, to me, that's all open for conversation. But the fact that (Now that you have an established , do you think you're the time of possession, when the other team had 30 more punches avail- going to be a different team, focused more on the running game?) I able to them just based on number of plays compared to your plays, agree with you. It goes back to our first conversation that I've ever had there's obviously a lot of things that the play-caller didn't get to that he at this podium, talking about offensive football and what the team needs would have like to have done. But to start the game, wanted to move the to look like. I think the game against the Giants is a perfect illustration. quarterback, get the ball on the perimeter if they did pressure us, which You need to run the football in January to win in Green Bay, Wisconsin. they did, and we didn't take advantage of the one-on-ones when that did And it's not actually the run average, it's the attempts. Now, third down happen. was a big part of the failure in this particular game against the Giants. (You always run the risk of those bad-weather days up here in the play- But the running game, there's so many things that come off of that. The offs. Is there anything you need to do to become a better extreme- keeps, the attitude, the wear and tear of a four-quarter game. So that is weather team?) Well, that's a hard environment to create from a prac- a focus of ours. The identity of our football team will always be built tice environment. But I thought our players handled the weather much around our offensive and defensive line, and we need to improve the Pg. 3 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET MIKE McCARTHY END-OF-SEASON EXCERPTS

run-blocking. That will be a primary focus of ours in the offseason. upwards, which is what you were looking for. So I think there's a lot of (To be a better running team, do you need a different body type on the consistent aspects of where we are as a football team. I think our organ- offensive line?) I like the body type of our offensive line. The positive is ization gives us an incredible advantage in that area, because all the they're all young. They're all going to get stronger, they're going to get resources are here. That's what I focus on is staying consistent and bigger, they're going to be smarter, their fundamentals are going to improving. And I think if we continue to do that, we'll be back in the mix. improve. We have so much in front of us. I'm extremely pleased with our (What was your final message to the team as they left?) First of all, to ability to pass protect. I'll take our group over anybody in the league as say thank you. I appreciate the way they go about their business. You far as what we ask them to do in pass protection, and the performance feel like the head coach gets up there every year and says this is the best level of our pass protection. Our pass protection was clearly better this bunch of guys I ever coached. But they are a great bunch. They were a year than last year, and on top of that, the stress of what we put our play- lot of fun to work with. It's a group of players you could really push, day ers in this year was 10-fold what we asked them to do last year. So that in and day out. I really liked that about them. You couldn't push them part of it, they've done a great job of. But we need to pick up the run- hard enough, and they'd bite back, which I always like in a player, and game performance, and having Ryan Grant is a big part of that. Having that's important, to have that type of relationship with your players. We a full offseason to develop and play the upcoming season the way you talked a little bit about the game, briefly just went over the schedule from want to play, as opposed to going through growing pains like we went now until training camp, just to give them an idea of some dates. And from last year's offseason program when we didn't really know who the we talked about what we created, the culture we've created, and how runner was going to be, and offensive linemen fighting for jobs, so now they're a big part of the positive morale of our organization and all the we have a lot of competition there. I think just the maturation of our positive things they accomplished this year, and what we have to move players and being in year three will help us. on to the future with. (What will it be like next year with a target on your back with the expec- (Do you anticipate anyone on the coaching staff leaving or any addi- tations raised?) Our challenge to improve on 13-3 is much bigger than tions?) Actually, Eric Lewis, our defensive quality control, has accepted the challenge that we encountered this year in my opinion. Because a lot a job with the University of Louisville. He will coach the secondary there. of people outside of our locker room really didn't think we would be that As far as the coaching staff, that's really what we've been doing the last good. We were a team that improved week to week and grew up as the two days, and I will continue to do that until the end of this week and season went forward. So with the fact that our schedule seems to be on probably have an opportunity to meet with each coach when we get back paper tougher, I'm a big believer that it's not really who you play it's from the Pro Bowl. when you play them. But also the fact that, I don't know how many noon (What do you expect from the young group of skill guys next year - games we had this year, but we had a lot of noon games, there was a lot Grant, Wynn, Jones, Jackson?) Just the first thing is I look at that group, of regularity to our scheduling. We were able to stay in a teaching pro- and I think Edgar does a great job with the running backs. I look for them gression, which I prefer, because I think that helps you as a teacher. to be more consistent, have the opportunity to go through an offseason There's a lot of continuity and consistency there. That now has a poten- and develop and be a year better. I thought we made tremendous tial of being broken up a bunch with Sunday Night Football and Monday progress and I actually had a meeting with the first- and second-year Night Football, I would think we'd be a bigger candidate for those types players after the team meeting and talked about how the progress of the of games. So those are all new challenges that our football team has not younger players made from last year to this year and the impact that it seen yet, the majority of our football team. So those are things we'll try played on our success this year as a football team and expect the same to prepare for, and talk about and continue to educate. But we have a from this new rookie class. So I really told them the importance of our whole different set of challenges, alongside what you said about the tar- younger players in our system, and definitely the running back group is get being on your back. a big part of that. I look for them to be here, spend the extra time start- (How has this team handled successes?) I think you'd have to say we ing in March. We're actually going to start our first- and second-year handled it very well. The games that you can really draw from are the players earlier, we're going to start those guys on March 17th, and bring three I've stated earlier, the Dallas, the Seattle and the Giants. And I the rest of the veterans back on March 31st. know two of those were losses. But it's what happened in those games (Are you going to argue to bring Corey Williams back?) We're trying to and how you respond to that. I thought in periods of the Dallas game we sign all of our free agents, and I'm hopeful to have Corey back. I thought responded very well in certain phases of our game. Seattle, the whole Corey had a heck of a year. I thought he handled his situation very well. team responded nothing like I've been a part of in all my years. And the I thought he was professional. And I'm hopeful that we can get that Giants, we kind of responded in spurts. We had a number of opportuni- worked out for Corey. It'd be great to have him back. ties in that game that we didn't take advantage of, but really at the end (Do you want Rob Davis back next year?) Talked to Rob a little bit yes- of the game, you look at the big plays. And if I recall, I think the big plays terday. I will meet with him after the Pro Bowl. But we're definitely open in the game were 11 for us and 11 for them. So at that point, for how- to having Rob back another year. ever long they had the ball, and I know they had more first downs, but (Are you going to have Mike Eayrs look statistically at what happens to we made enough big plays in that game for it to be tied at the end of the teams coming off successful seasons and the pitfalls of trying to sustain game, and in overtime they made the big play and we didn't. Those are it?) That's a good point. Mike's on top of every angle as far as statistics. all things you can learn from. He does a great job with case studies, so that's something that will be (Last year's NFC title game was the Saints and Bears, and neither team part of our offseason program/self-scout. He does case studies on tem- made the playoffs this year. Do you feel this team is set up for more sus- perature, how it affects teams playing, so that'll be something we look tained success?) I don't look at trying to predict records and so forth, at. and really to answer your question, it's a conversation I had with Joe (Do you know of any surgeries that will be needed for players?) No I Philbin today when we were talking about the offensive coaching staff. I don't. We haven't set the plan for offseason surgeries. think what we've done as a program is we have a lot of consistency built within our program. I'm talking about the coaching staff is really the conversation that made this come to light. And also the way our players practice, I think for the most part we were fairly consistent in the way we played throughout the course of the year. I thought our curve went THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 4 PACKERS TEAM NOTES

HARLAN’S TENURE COMES TO A CLOSE THOMPSON REWARDED WITH CONTRACT EXTENSION The end of the 2007 season also brought about the end of ’s Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football tenure as the leader of the Green Bay Packers franchise. Operations Ted Thompson was signed to a new, five-year contract which A popular figure beloved by Packers fans, his legacy as one of the great- runs through the 2012 season. est leaders in franchise history is firmly in place. The franchise has Thompson, who recently finished his third season as the leader of the enjoyed tremendous success both on and off the field under his watch team’s football operations, has built the Packers into one of the NFL’s and seems positioned to succeed well into the future. strongest young teams. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, echoing the sentiments of A strong and keen evaluator of talent, Thompson has strengthened the those around the NFL, said of Harlan’s tenure, “Bob’s legacy is that he team’s foundation by creating a solid mix of veteran leadership to sur- and his board and his team executives and coaches not only have main- round a young, talented core. tained, preserved and savored the Packer tradition, but they’ve enhanced Of the 53 active roster players for the playoffs, 40 had been acquired by it. And they’ve done it with class. They’ve done it with a focus on the Thompson. Eight starters, including specialists, have been drafted by game and a focus on the fans. And when I think about Bob and what his Thompson over the past three seasons (2005-07). legacy is, obviously there’s some really tangible pieces of legacy — the Thompson has proven equally adept at figuring which types of players stadium and the performance on the field are probably the two most tan- fit best into the team’s makeup, whether it be through trades or free gible things.” agency. Ryan Grant, , Tracy 2007 marked Harlan’s 37th year with the White and have all thrived Packers, his 19th season as its principal in Green Bay. executive. Equally important has been the personnel Under Harlan’s leadership, the Packers fin- staff’s ability to uncover the hidden gems, ished with only one losing season over his players that go undrafted or are ‘street’ free last 16 years (1992-2007). agents. and Donald Lee enjoyed Off the field, the crowning achievement of career seasons in ’07, while Jason Hunter Harlan's tenure — the $295 million rede- and were key members of velopment of historic Lambeau Field — the special teams and defensive units. was ushered in at the beginning of the ’03 “We are very pleased with the way Ted campaign and now stands as the chief Thompson has led the football operations of component for assuring the team’s finan- this organization,” Harlan said. “He is doing cial survival for the next three decades. exactly what we anticipated when we hired Harlan originally joined the club as assis- him. He crafted his trade under , tant general manager on June 1, 1971. built a strong football team in Seattle and has He was named corporate general manager built a team here in Green Bay that is back in in 1975, corporate assistant to the presi- the playoffs. He has a great system of build- dent in 1981 and executive vice president ing the team through the draft and has the of administration on Feb. 16, 1988. Packers positioned very well for the future.” Harlan was elected the ninth president and “This is a great organization and I am chief executive officer of the Green Bay Packers, Inc., on June 5, 1989. deeply humbled and appreciative,” said Thompson. “This is truly a team His legacy was honored even before the end of his tenure, as he was effort. Green Bay is a special place and I am honored to work with such inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, July 17, 2004. a great group of people.” Under his guidance, the franchise posted a .500-or-better season 13 straight years (1992-2004) for the first time since 1934-47. RESTORING THE LAMBEAU ADVANTAGE The Packers own the NFL's best record since 1993, the dawn of free Lambeau Field has always been known as one of the tougher NFL venues agency and the salary cap, a period many observers predicted would to play in, particularly during the harsh Wisconsin winter. send Green Bay into a downward spiral. Head Coach Mike McCarthy had stated that one of his primary goals for Harlan got his start in sports in 1960 at Marquette University as sports the 2007 season was to reclaim the mystique of playing at Lambeau information director, working with legendary basketball coach Al Field. Mission accomplished. McGuire during the 1964-65 season. The Packers finished 7-1 at Lambeau in 2007, a marked improvement In addition to the Super Bowl ring from the Packers' 1996 champi- from their 3-5 record in ’06. onship, he possesses a 1967 World Series ring, earned while he worked It was the Packers’ best home record since the 2002 season, when they for the St. Louis Cardinals. won all eight games at Lambeau Field. He hired Ron Wolf as General Manager in 1991, initiating an on-field Green Bay heads into the 2008 season winners of 9 of its last 10 home renaissance that has seen the Packers achieve 11 playoff berths, seven games, a streak that dates back to ’06. division championships, four NFC Championship Games and back-to- Since Brett Favre took over as quarterback early in the 1992 season, no back Super Bowl appearances, including a 35-21 victory over New team has enjoyed more success at home. A look at the top home W-L England in Super Bowl XXXI, returning the Lombardi Trophy to Green records since the ’92 season: Bay for the first time in 29 years. Team W-L Record Pct.  He presided over a historic move – the ’94 decision to leave , Green Bay Packers 97-31-0 .758 ending a 62-year stay, and play all home games in Green Bay. Denver Broncos 95-33-0 .742 He launched the fourth stock sale in the team's history in 1997, a mech- 92-35-1 .723 anism which produced more than $20 million in "new money" and in excess of 100,000 new shareholders. Kansas City Chiefs 92-36-0 .719 Also, he authorized construction of the Center, the team's Minnesota Vikings 86-42-0 .672 "state of the art" indoor practice facility. Pg. 5 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET PACKERS TEAM NOTES

AN ALL-PRO SINCE MIDSEASON The big-play ability of the Packers offense shouldn’t come as a total sur- While it struggled to get production out of its run game through the first prise. Green Bay finished second in yards after the catch, behind New half of the season, Green Bay seemed to uncover a gem in first-year run- Orleans, in 2006. ning back Ryan Grant. Grant assumed running back duties in the second quarter against Denver MAKING HIS POINT in Week 8 and responded with his first 100-yard performance. Rookie kicker led all NFL players with 141 points.  A powerful runner with the requisite open-field speed, Grant totaled five He becomes only the seventh rookie in NFL history to lead the league in 100-yard performances on the season. scoring and the first since Kevin Butler in 1985. The last Packers player  He had 11 rushes of 20 yards or more in the regular season. No running to lead the league in points was (94, 1974). back in the NFL averaged more 20-yard-plus runs per-carry than Grant Crosby surpassed ’s franchise record for points in a sea- (every 17.1 attempts). Minnesota’s , ranked No. 2, had son by a kicker (131 in 2000). one every 18.3 carries. He finished just shy of the NFL record for points in a season by a rook-  Acquired in a trade with the New York Giants, Grant arrived in Green Bay ie kicker, established by Butler (144 points) in ’85. just before Week 1 and made an early mark with his play on the special teams coverage units. Grant earned his first career start in Week 9 at Kansas City and started BIG PLAYS HIGHLIGHT ’07 NUMBERS every game thereafter. A dual threat out of the backfield, the Notre Dame Whether it was a long strike from Favre to one of his receivers or a long product also caught 30 passes. scamper from running back Ryan Grant, big plays served as the catalyst to A look at the top regular-season rushers in the NFL since Week 8: Green Bay’s high-powered offense.  Running back Rush Yards since Week 8 The Packers finished the season with 67 plays of 20 yards or more, sec- LaDainian Tomlinson, SD ...... 947 ond only to Dallas (68). Fifteen of those big plays came on the ground, Ryan Grant, GB ...... 929 and 52 came through the air. Jamal Lewis, CLE ...... 922 The offense had a number of memorable long touchdowns on the Clinton Portis, WAS ...... 856 ground and through the air. Favre connected on eight touchdown pass- Fred Taylor, JAX ...... 850 es of 40 yards or longer this season. Never in Favre’s career has he hit Including playoffs, Grant rushed for 1,159 yards and 11 touchdowns in for so many long touchdowns in one season.  the final 12 games of the season. He carries into 2008 a streak of six On the receiving end of six of the eight long touchdowns was the sec- consecutive regular-season games with a rushing TD, which ties the ond-year pro Jennings, who connected on two such scoring plays as a second-longest streak in Packers history. Terdell Middleton had a rush- rookie last season. Three this season have been quite memorable, pro- ing touchdown in six straight games in 1978, and scored viding the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter or overtime against in seven consecutive games in 1960. San Diego, at Denver and at Kansas City.  His sudden rise to stardom was never more evident than his first career “I think Brett and the group have done an excellent job in the playoff game. After two early in the first quarter, Grant respond- three- and five-step drops,” McCarthy said about the team’s success ed by establishing Packers postseason records with 201 rushing yards with the long ball. “With that we've been given some opportunities to go and three rushing scores. vertical, go deep, whether it's inside or outside.” The last Favre-to-Jennings connection, a 44-yarder in St. Louis, was the quarterback’s 59th career touchdown pass of 40 yards or more. A look WHERE THE ’07 OFFENSE RANKS at Favre’s most productive seasons with the big play: In addition to tying the franchise record with 13 wins, the 2007 Packers Season TD Passes 40+ Yards ranked high in a number of league rankings and club record lists. 2007 ...... 8  Finishing as the league’s No. 2-ranked offense, Green Bay accomplished 1998 ...... 7 its highest league ranking since 1983, when the unit also finished No. 2. 1996 ...... 6 It is the second consecutive top-10 finish for McCarthy’s unit, and the 2006 ...... 5 11th top-10 finish in quarterback Brett Favre’s 16-season tenure. 2001 ...... 5 The NFL’s fourth-highest scoring offense put up 435 points in 2007, 1995 ...... 5 third on the Packers’ all-time single-season list. 2003 ...... 4 The 2007 total of 5,931 net yards (1,597 rushing, 4,334 passing) ranks third in club annals. Its net yards passing (4,334 yards) also ranks third in team history. Along with Favre, and combined for 383 completions (tied for first) while compiling a 66.3 completion percentage, the highest in Packers history. Note of the Week

NOBODY’S BETTER AFTER THE CATCH Favre’s 90-yard touchdown pass to Driver in the NFC Championship The league’s No. 2-ranked passing offense was bolstered by its receivers’ Game was the fourth-longest pass play in a postseason game in NFL his- ability to run after the catch. tory. A look at the longest passing plays in postseason history: Led by wide receivers , , James Jones and Donald Lee, Green Bay led the league in yards after the catch. Yards Connection The Packers amassed a league-best 2,294 yards after the catch, 51.4% 96 Trent Dilfer to Shannon Sharpe (Ravens, Jan. 14, 2001) of their total passing yards. The NFL average in 2007 was 1,596 yards. 94 to (Cowboys, Jan. 8, 1995) The only other teams to surpass 2,000 yards after the catch were New 93 Daryle Lamonica to Elbert Dubenion (Bills, Dec. 28, 1963) Orleans (2,112) and New England (2,052). 90 Brett Favre to Donald Driver (Packers, Jan. 20, 2008) THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 6 PACKERS TEAM NOTES

WHERE THE ’07 DEFENSE RANKS turnstiles. That bested the previous high, 565,749, set last season.  Green Bay’s defense finished just yards away from being a top-10 unit and Including road games, the Packers played in front of 1,120,775 NFL fans finished the season at No. 11. this season, breaking the record of 1,112,569 established in 2004.  Perhaps more telling is where it finished in scoring defense – No. 6. It The Packers enter 2008 with a takeaway in 23 of their last 24 games.  surrendered just 291 points. The Packers were one of two teams not to attempt a two-point conver- It was a top-10 unit in two very important categories: third-down sion all season. In fact, they have never attempted a two-point conver- defense (No. 3) and red-zone defense (No. 8). sion in the Mike McCarthy era.  Quarterbacks had a hard time against the Packers defense, completing Green Bay allowed just 19 sacks on the season, tied for third in the NFL. just 55.2% of their passes. Only Pittsburgh (54.5%) held opponents to Favre was sacked only 15 times this season, which is the second lowest a lower completion percentage. total of his career (12 in 2004). The 19 sacks ties for the second fewest allowed in a 16-game season (14 in ’04; 19 in ’03) Want efficiency? You don’t need to look further than Packers wideout “SPECIAL” TEAMS MUCH IMPROVED Ruvell Martin. Fifteen of his 16 receptions on the year went for first Having always been a key ingredient to the success of the Packers, Green downs. His percentage of first downs per reception (93.75%) led all NFL Bay’s special teams unit has seen a remarkable improvement this season. players with at least 10 catches. An area of emphasis all offseason, the unit got things going early in Week 1 by accounting for all 16 points. Against Oakland in Week 14, it TOPS THROUGH TWO accounted for two more TDs, bringing its 2007 total to four. Honored by the NFL Alumni and Motorola as the 2007 NFL Coach of the  In Rick Gosselin’s annual Dallas Morning News rankings, which objec- Year, McCarthy keeps piling up victories. tively grades teams by their rankings in 22 kicking-game categories, With 21 regular-season wins, McCarthy ties for the most Green Bay finished seventh both in 1996 and 1997. The Packers reached wins by a Packers coach in his first two years. the Super Bowl both seasons. McCarthy captured the NFC North crown in his second campaign, some-  More recently, the Packers ranked eighth in 2003 and ninth in 2004. thing Sherman did not accomplish until his third season. Both years they made the playoffs. won his first division title in Green Bay in his fourth season.  In 2005 and ’06, Green Bay ranked last in the NFL in Gosselin’s rankings. In his second season with the Packers in 1960, Vince Lombardi captured Neither year resulted in a postseason appearance. the Western Conference title before losing to Philadelphia, 17-13, in the  The coverage units were drastically better in 2007. The Packers ranked NFL Championship. fourth in the league in opponent punt return average and seventh in A look at the most successful coaches in Packers history through their opponent kickoff return average. first two seasons in Green Bay: Another sign of the coverage units’ improvement: their ability to take the ball away. They had just one forced in 2006, but totaled three Coach W L T Pct forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries this season. Mike McCarthy 21 11 0 .656 Their own return game was much improved from last season as well, Mike Sherman 21 11 0 ---- having scored on multiple returns (two punts) for the first time since Vince Lombardi 15 9 0 .625 1998. Ranked 24th in punt return average last season, the unit ranked Mike Holmgren 18 14 0 .562 seventh thanks to , Tramon Williams and Charles 14 12 2 .536 Woodson. Their kick return game, ranked 31st last year, has been bol- stered by the addition of Koren Robinson, who exploded in St. Louis for 130 yards on three returns. It ranked 23rd. IN THE LEAGUE RANKINGS — THE POINT OF NO RETURN The Green Bay Packers allowed just two touchdowns on any type of return – fumble, interception, punt or kickoff – this season, second fewest in the GREEN BAY (Team) NFL behind Seattle (1). Both scores came in Week 16 at Chicago.  Category NFC NFL Conversely, the Packers were 5-0 when either their defense or special Turnover Margin (+4) ...... 4T 10T teams scored a touchdown. Special teams scored in three victories Total Offense (370.7 total yards per game) ...... 1 2 (Phi., Car., Oak.), while the defense scored twice (Was., K.C.). Rushing (99.8 net yards per game) ...... 9 21 Passing (270.9 net yards per game) ...... 1 2 Total Defense (313.3 total yards allowed per game) ...... 6 11 LOOKOUT, QUARTERBACKS vs. Rush (102.9 net yards allowed per game) ...... 9 14 A defense that tallied 36 sacks was highlighted by one of the top sack duos. vs. Pass (210.4 net yards allowed per game) ...... 3 12  , NFC Defensive Player of the Month for Third-Down Offense (42.6 percent conversion rate) ...... 2 8 October, posted 12 sacks, tied for 11th in the NFL. Fellow end Kabeer Third-Down Defense (33.0 percent opponent conversion rate) . . . . .2 3 Gbaja-Biamila tallied 9½ sacks, tied for 17th. Red-Zone Offense (54.0 percent TD percentage) ...... 6 14 Red-Zone Defense (48.8 percent opponent TD percentage) ...... 4 8 31½ of those sacks came courtesy of the defensive line. Defensive tack- le Corey Williams accounted for seven of the sacks, tying his career high GREEN BAY (Individual) established last season. Category NFC NFL Rushing: Ryan Grant (956 yards) ...... 9 19 STATISTICAL ODDITIES FROM 2007 Passing: Brett Favre (95.7 passer rating) ...... 2 6 Receptions: Donald Driver (82) ...... 9 17T Stats and facts one can find upon a closer look at the league statistics:  Receiving Yards: Donald Driver (1,048) ...... 9 20 Lambeau Field set a single-season home attendance record in its 50th Sacks: Aaron Kampman (12) ...... 6 11T anniversary season as 566,443 Packers fans made their way through the Interceptions: Atari Bigby (5) ...... 4T 23T Pg. 7 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET PACKERS TEAM NOTES

DECEMBER IS TIME TO REMEMBER the Packers Yearbook.  The importance of the NFL’s final month cannot be understated. Whether it Lambeau Field also featured the special logo in the north end zone. Both involves clinching division crowns, jockeying for playoff positioning or end zones were painted to reflect the way they were in Lambeau Field’s building momentum for next season, every game in December matters. first season in 1957.  For the Packers, December has always proved successful. They finished Renowned 3-D pop artist Charles Fazzino was commissioned by the the month with a 3-1 mark this season, with their only blemish coming Packers to create an art piece celebrating the 50th anniversary. Fazzino, in Chicago in gusting winds and sub-zero wind chills. the official artist of the Super Bowl and ’s All-Star Since 1997, they own the league’s best mark in games played in the final Game, spent nine months on the project. The piece is available in a lim- month (including regular-season games played in January) at 38-13-0. ited edition 3-D format, as well as on T-shirts, helmets and assorted New England’s 36-13-0 mark ranks second in the NFL during that time. items in the Packers Pro Shop.  Head Coach Mike McCarthy certainly has continued the tradition of Packers ticket holders enjoyed images of Lambeau Field through the December success. He is 7-2 in the month since coming to Green Bay. years on their tickets as well.

SECRET TO SUCCESS? GET AHEAD AND STAY THERE Favre has given a lot of credit for his performance to the Packers’ ability to play with the lead. Playing ahead, he says, means he does not have to take as many shots downfield or get points in a hurry. The statistics back up Favre’s claims. In 16 regular-season games, the Packers led their opponents for 535 minutes and 51 seconds. They trailed in just 188 minutes and 12 seconds of play. They trailed for the majority of the game in two of their losses. At Dallas, they were behind for 48:15, and trailed at Chicago for 46:55. The only other game in which they spent more time trailing was the win over San Diego (19:54 in lead; 32:13 trailing). PACKERS IN WEEKLY SIMPLY THE BEST 2007 TEAM RANKINGS The Packers own more NFL championships (12) than any other franchise, but it’s not all about past glory for the Green and Gold. Talk of unrestricted free agency in the early ’90s led many to believe After NFL Offense NFL Defense small-town Green Bay would be the first franchise to fold. Week… Opp. Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass Since the advent of free agency in 1993, the Packers own the best W-L 1 PHI 29 31T 21T 15 15 14 record in the NFL. They have captured seven division titles in that time. 2 at NYG 25 29T 13 14 13 14 3 SD 18 32 6 15 10 15 The Packers have won 10 or more game in nine seasons since 1993.  4 at Min 12 32 2 19 15 23 A look at the most successful teams in the free-agency era shows eight 5 CHI 6 31 1 17 14 23 of the last 11 Super Bowl champions, beginning with Green Bay’s ’96 6 WAS 13 32 4 13 12 22 title: 7 (bye) 11 32 2T 15 11 22 Team W-L Record Pct. 8 at Den 9 32 2 14 11 22 Green Bay Packers 152-88-0 .633 9 at KC 5 32 2 11 8 20 150-90-0 .625 10 MIN 4 32 1 10 7 18T Pittsburgh Steelers 148-91-1 .619 11 CAR 4 30 2 12 9 19 Denver Broncos 146-94-0 .608 12 at Det 3 30 2 12 12 18 138-102-0 .575 13 at Dal 3 30 2 15 12 23 14 OAK 3 23 2 9 12 15 Kansas City Chiefs 135-105-0 .563 15 at StL 3 28 2 11 15 14 Philadelphia Eagles 132-107-1 .552 16 at Chi 4 26 2 10 15 12 17 DET 2 21 2 11 14 12 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Packers in 2006 9 23 8 12 13 17 From the opening kickoff against the Philadelphia Eagles to their first home Packers in 2005 18 30 7 7 23 1 NFC Championship Game since 1996, the Packers hosted a season-long Packers in 2004 3 10 3 25 14 25 celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lambeau Field. The Packers in 2003 4 3 16 17 10 23 crown jewel of the remains the most historic sta- Packers in 2002 12 12 10 12 21 3 dium in football. Packers in 2001 6 21 3 12 16 15 Not surprisingly, Lambeau Field remained a tough place to score a tick- Packers in 2000 15 23 8 15 8 19 et, selling out each of its 10 dates on the year. The NFC title game Packers in 1999 9 21 7 19 22 18 marked the 269th consecutive sellout at Lambeau Field (253 regular Packers in 1998 5 25 3 4 4 10 season, 16 playoffs). Packers in 1997 4 12 3 7 20 8 Dedicated as Sept. 29, 1957, with a 21-17 victory over the Packers in 1996 5 11 5 1 4 1 archrival Chicago Bears, the team renamed the facility Lambeau Field in Packers in 1995 7 26 3 14 7 21 1965 following the death of E.L. 'Curly' Lambeau, the Packers' founder and first coach. It is the NFL's longest-tenured facility. Packers in 1994 9 19 9 6 3 15 To mark the occasion, an anniversary logo was created and was featured Packers in 1993 19 22 18 2 8 7 on the team’s home uniforms, Gameday program, the media guide and Packers in 1992 15 21 9 23 16 23 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 8 PACKERS VS. GIANTS - L, 23-20 OT

NFC TITLE SLIPS AWAY free 21-of-40 for 251 yards (72.3 rating).  How long this one will sting, no one will know. The Packers saw their The Packers had one last shot to regain the lead but didn't take advan- remarkable season come to an all-too-abrupt end as Lawrence Tynes' 47- tage of a huge break. Early in the fourth quarter, Favre spun away from yard field goal 2 minutes and 35 seconds into overtime gave the New York pressure and threw an ill-advised pass into coverage that was picked off Giants a 23-20 upset and the NFC Championship at a frigid Lambeau Field. by R.W. McQuarters. Ryan Grant stripped the ball from McQuarters on The Packers seemingly had everything going their way. They had put the return, and it flew right into the bread-basket of at the together a superb 13-3 regular season and had earned the right to host New York 19-yard line.  the conference title game with perhaps their best performance of the But the Packers stalled, settling for a game-tying field goal with 11:46 season a week prior against Seattle, coupled with the Giants knocking left in the fourth, and never gained another first down. Grant, one week off top-seeded Dallas. after setting a franchise playoff rushing record with 201 yards, had just But New York apparently wasn't done surprising the football world as a 29 on 13 carries, and 20 of those yards came on two plays on the same No. 5 seed. The Giants became the second team in three years drive. The Packers were just 1-for-10 on third downs and as a result (Pittsburgh, 2005) to win three consecutive road playoff games to were dominated in time of possession, 40:01 to 22:34.  advance to the Super Bowl, this one coming in the Green Bay cold It took a while, with the two Tynes misses and the Packers getting yet topped only by the Ice Bowl, with another chance in overtime, but the home team never seized the minus-1 temperatures and minus-23 moment. wind chills at kickoff. With the score tied at 20, Tynes DRIVER'S BIG PLAY CAN'T missed a 43-yard field goal wide left SPARK OFFENSE with 6:49 left in the fourth quarter. Then the Giants drove into position Favre's dramatic 90-yard touchdown again in the final two minutes, only pass to Driver early in the second quar- to have a high snap lead to another ter was not only the longest play from shank by Tynes, from 36 yards on scrimmage in Green Bay postseason the final play of regulation to send history. It was also, unfortunately, more the game to overtime. than one-third of the Packers' total But it turned out the Packers were offense in this NFC Championship.  only delaying defeat. They even won It was Driver's first TD since Week 3, the coin toss to start the overtime, and it also gave Favre his 18th consec- but symptomatic of an offense that utive postseason game with a TD pass, was struggling mightily down the extending his own league record.  stretch, with back-to-back three- With a non-existent running game and-outs with the score tied late, the Packers never even gave them- and an inability to convert on third downs, the Packers amassed just 264 selves a chance to win. yards of total offense.  Brett Favre was intercepted by Corey Webster when he underthrew an The Packers weren't able to break anybody else free all night, especially out route to Donald Driver on the second snap of overtime, and the Ryan Grant. Ten of Grant's 13 carries went for 2 yards or less, and fac- Giants needed to drive just 5 yards to set up a third try for Tynes. This ing third-and-long much of the game, the Packers converted just 1-of- time he was true, stunning the record crowd of 72,740 at Lambeau. 10 on third down.  The game-changing play by Webster was a big-time atonement for an “Getting first downs is how you get in a rhythm,” Tauscher said. “We early mistake. With the Giants leading 6-0, Webster was beaten badly off weren't able to get in any semblance of a rhythm. It was pretty choppy the jam at the line of scrimmage by Driver, who hauled in Favre's pass the whole day, and we weren't able to sustain anything.” in stride and outran Webster and safety Gibril Wilson to the end zone for a 90-yard touchdown, the longest play from scrimmage in a postseason KEY FUMBLE GOES THE OTHER WAY game in franchise history. Not that the Packers weren't given their chances with Lawrence Tynes' two Driver (5 catches, 141 yards) hauled in another 20-yard pass to set up a missed field goals in the fourth quarter. But before the second miss, the field goal before halftime, but that 10-6 advantage quickly vanished. Packers had a prime opportunity for a game-changing turnover. Two third-down penalties on the first Giants' drive of the second half - R.W. McQuarters was returning Jon Ryan's punt when Tracy White an illegal contact on that negated his own interception, and a knocked the ball loose near midfield. Green Bay's initially roughing-the-passer call on after a pass had been batted had a chance to scoop it up, but couldn't. Then had a down at the line - gave New York life, not only on that possession but chance to fall on the ball, but it squirted away, eventually recovered by seemingly the rest of the game. New York's Domenik Hixon at the Green Bay 48. A 1-yard TD run by Brandon Jacobs (21 carries, 67 yards) gave the The play was eerily similar to the first win of the season against Giants the lead back. The Packers answered with their own touchdown, Philadelphia, in which the Packers recovered a muffed punt near the end helped by Tramon Williams' 49-yard kickoff return and a crucial New of the fourth quarter. Crosby nailed a 42-yard field goal to win the game. York penalty, as Sam Madison was called for unnecessary “I'm sure there are a number of plays you can look back at them and say roughness after a third-down stop. Favre (19-of-35, 236 yards, 2 TD, 2 if we could have done this or done that, you would have been in a dif- INT, 70.7 rating) found Donald Lee from 12 yards out for another score ferent situation,” Poppinga said. “So goes those games. Six points in and a 17-13 edge, but the Giants came right back again. our favor, we're here and nobody's talking about those. That's how the Hitting throws to Plaxico Burress (11 catches, 151 yards) and Amani NFL operates. It's a game of inches, it's a game of one team making one Toomer (4 catches, 42 yards), moved the Giants in position more play when it counts, and they did that.” again. Rookie Ahmad Bradshaw (16 carries, 63 yards) ran it in from 4 yards out, and New York never trailed again. Manning, whose cold- weather abilities were questioned coming into the game, was a mistake- Pg. 9 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET PACKERS TEAM NOTES

WHEN FAVRE HITS THE CENTURY MARK 2006. All three division losses have been to the Chicago Bears.  Quarterback Brett Favre, the league’s only three-time MVP (1995-97) who Last season, the Packers finished tied for the NFL’s best division record turned 38 in October, turned in a season that almost defied description. at 5-1, losing only to Chicago in the season opener. No other head coach His Week 17 performance against the Lions was his 10th game of the in team annals had a better division mark in his rookie season than season with a passer rating over 100.0. All 10 have come in victory and McCarthy. mark a single-season career high for the quarterback. His previous career high was nine games with a passer rating of 100.0 or better, TURNOVERS THE NAME OF THE GAME established in the 1995 season. With its turnover margin at plus-four, Green Bay won 13 regular-season  Favre compiled a passer rating over 100.0 for five consecutive weeks games thanks in large part to its ability to turn turnovers into points. On (Weeks 8-12), tying his own career high and marking the first time he’s defense, the Packers have been able to clamp down after turnovers, not accomplished the feat in a single season. He had three games with a allowing opponents to capitalize on scoring opportunities. passer rating over 100.0 in Weeks 2-4 earlier this season. Green Bay scored 96 points off 28 turnovers. On the other side of the  It marked the fifth and sixth time in his career that Favre has recorded at ball, the defense allowed 65 points off 24 turnovers. least three straight games with a passer rating over 100.0. He did it twice The Packers won the turnover battle in nine of their 13 wins this season. in 1995 (Nov. 12 – Dec. 3, 4 games; Dec. 16 – Jan. 6, 4 games) and They came out even in their wins at Minnesota, at Kansas City and at twice again in 1996 (Sept. 1 – Sept. 15, 3 games; Dec. 22 – Sept. 1, Detroit. They were minus in that category in their only losses, twice 1997, 5 games). Favre was voted the league’s MVP in both seasons. against Chicago (minus-four and minus-two) and at Dallas (minus-one),  The last time he accomplished five consecutive games with a passer rat- but were able to defeat the Rams despite losing the turnover battle ing over 100.0 was during the team’s Super Bowl XXXI run. The streak (minus-one). began with the final regular-season game against Minnesota (Dec. 22, Green Bay did not have a giveaway in the victory over Carolina in Week 1996) and culminated in the first regular-season game the following sea- 11, a feat the club accomplished against Minnesota, Denver and San son (vs. Chicago, Sept. 1). It included three playoff victories, most Diego this season. notably a 35-21 victory over New England in the Super Bowl. Over a longer stretch, the team has won 30 of 31 games playing  Elias Sports Bureau never intended for the passer rating to reflect effi- turnover-free football, since a loss at Dallas, Nov. 18, 1996. Green Bay’s ciency on a game-by-game basis, but rather to measure the effective- only loss in such games during that stretch was a 23-20 defeat at ness of a quarterback over an entire season, or an entire career. Minnesota, Oct. 23, 2005.  Nonetheless, in games when Favre compiles at least a 100.0 rating, the Including playoffs, the Packers have won 33 of their last 34 games with- Packers are 83-7 (.922). out a giveaway. The Packers are a perfect 45-0 (1.000) at Lambeau Field when Favre hits the century mark. The team is 38-7 (.844) on the road when Favre PROTECTION, TACKLE DUO AS STEADY AS THEY COME eclipses the mark. Facing some of the league’s top-ranked pass rushers, Green Bay leaned PACKERS AMONG NFL’S BEST AWAY FROM LAMBEAU heavily on its stellar pass protection. Earlier in the season, Favre had a streak of 152 consecutive passes without a sack, one short of his career Green Bay enjoyed remarkable success on the road, having won eight of high established in 2004. its last 10 contests. Its seven-game road winning streak, which was Behind Favre’s top-notch protection are two stalwart tackles in Chad snapped at Dallas, was something the franchise had not accomplished Clifton and Mark Tauscher. Both Clifton (111 career starts) and Tauscher since Vince Lombardi’s final two seasons (1966-67) in Green and Gold. (107) were inserted into the starting lineup as rookies in 2000.  The seven-game road winning streak was the third-longest mark in fran- Favre’s blind-side shield, Clifton has started 79 of 80 games since chise history. The Packers have won eight consecutive road games twice returning from a pelvic injury that ended his 2002 season after a blind- (1941-42 and 1966-67), the best mark in their history. side hit from Warren Sapp. Only a bout with the flu at Miami (Oct. 22,  One of the most impressive accomplishments of Head Coach Mike 2006) could snap the streak. McCarthy’s first year as head coach was the way his club performed on Tauscher started 14 games as a rookie in 2000, earning his first start at the road. The Packers finished 5-3 away from home in 2006, recording right tackle in Week 3, a position he has yet to relinquish. He saw his the most road wins in franchise history for a coach in his first season. own consecutive starts streak come to an end as well in 2006 (57  McCarthy and the Packers did one better in 2007, finishing their regular- games) because of a groin injury. season road record at 6-2. The duo has provided a steady influence to their younger teammates  A look at the top road teams in the NFL since 2006: along the line. Already this season, five different players have seen Team Road Record Pct. extensive time along the interior of the offensive line (, New England 15-1 .937 Junius Coston, , and ). Dallas 12-4 .750 Elite pass blockers that rarely receive the credit they deserve, Clifton and N.Y. Giants 12-4 ---- Tauscher have anchored an offensive line that allowed just 19 sacks on Green Bay 11-5 .687 the season, tied for third best in the league. Indianapolis 11-5 ---- The 2007 results shouldn’t come as a total surprise. A look at the clubs 10-6 .625 who have given up the fewest regular-season sacks since Clifton and Chicago 10-6 ---- San Diego 10-6 ---- Tauscher became fixtures in the starting lineup in 2000: Carolina 9-7 .563 Team Sacks Allowed Since Week 7, 2000 Indianapolis Colts ...... 159 IN THE NFL’S ‘BLACK AND BLUE’ DIVISION Green Bay Packers ...... 169 Under McCarthy, the Packers have been extremely successful in the NFC San Diego Chargers ...... 215 North and clinched the club’s first division crown since 2004. Denver Broncos ...... 229 McCarthy is 9-3 in NFC North games since taking over in Green Bay in New England Patriots ...... 236 Tennessee Titans ...... 236 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 10 PACKERS TEAM NOTES

HEADING TO er four-game gap before starting the regular-season finale.  Represented by two selections on each side of the ball, Green Bay Packers 7: TD drives the Packers surrendered that were 80 yards or longer. By quarterback Brett Favre, Donald Driver, defensive end Aaron contrast, the offense produced 12 TD drives of 80 yards or more.  Kampman and cornerback Al Harris were named Pro Bowl selections by 8: Times the opponent failed to score after reaching the red zone. The the National Football League. Favre (ankle) withdrew due to injury. Packers thwarted eight red zone possessions by their opponents by get- Originally named a first alternate, tackle was selected to ting five turnovers, two turnovers on downs, and one missed field goal. play to replace Seahawks tackle Walter Jones. Other first alternates The Packers had just five empty red zone possessions.  included and cornerback Charles Woodson. 9: Number of times the Packers won the time-of-possession battle, an For Favre, this marks the ninth Pro Bowl selection of indication of how misleading this statistic can be. The Packers actually his career and first since 2003. The leading Pro Bowl won the time-of-possession in one of their losses (vs. Chicago, Oct. 7, vote-getter broke some of the league’s most hallowed 30 minutes, 30 seconds) and lost it in five of their wins. Green Bay’s records this season. biggest time-of-possession advantage was vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11), Driver earns a trip to his second consecutive and third 40:40 to 19:20 in a 34-0 win. The largest discrepancy the other way was career Pro Bowl. He tied a team record with 1,000 at St. Louis, 23:36 to 36:24 in a 33-14 win.  receiving yards in a fifth overall season, joining 10: Scores the Packers posted on their opening drive of the second half. and Pro Football Hall of Famer James Green Bay had five TDs and five FGs on its opening second-half pos- Lofton as one of three Packers to achieve the feat. sessions, including a streak of four straight touchdowns from Weeks Kampman, in his sixth season out of Iowa, returns to Hawaii for the sec- 10-13. The Packers had just five scores (four TDs, one FG) on game- ond consecutive year. The defensive end had his streak of consecutive opening drives, for a total of 15 scores and 81 points in those situations. starts (73) snapped in Week 17 and finished with 12 sacks. The opponents had nearly as many scores (13) but not nearly as many Harris is making his first trip to the Pro Bowl. In his 10th NFL season points (55), posting eight scores (three TD, five FG) to open the second and fifth with Green Bay, he totaled 37 tackles, two interceptions and half and five (one TD, four FG) to open the game.  nine pass deflections. 11: Number of 100-yard performances by running backs and receivers Other alternates include safety Nick Collins, tight end , run- on the season, led by Ryan Grant’s five top rushing outings of 104 yards ning back Ryan Grant, linebacker A.J. Hawk, wide receiver Greg at Denver, 119 vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11), 101 at Detroit (Nov. 22), 156 vs. Jennings, tight end Donald Lee and center Scott Wells. Oakland, and 100 at Chicago (Dec. 23). With two apiece were receivers Donald Driver, who had 126 yards vs. San Diego and 147 at Detroit (Nov. MORE STATISTICAL ODDITIES FROM 2007 SEASON 22), and Greg Jennings with 141 at Denver and 100 vs. Oakland). Adding one each were receiver James Jones, with 107 yards at Denver, 0: Touchdown passes Favre threw to running backs this season. All 28 and running back Brandon Jackson, with 113 vs. Detroit (Dec. 30). of his TDs went to receivers and tight ends for the first time in his career. 12: TD catches by Jennings, the highest by a Packers player in three In two other seasons, Favre had just one TD pass to a back, in 1998 years and accomplished in just 13 games. Jennings missed the first two (William Henderson) and 1993 (). Fittingly, he threw one games of the season with a hamstring injury and then sat out the regu- to Brandon Jackson in the Divisional Playoffs. lar-season finale as a precaution with an ankle injury. He had a pair of 1: Games Mason Crosby did not attempt a field goal. His only game two-TD games and found the end zone in 10 of the 13 games in which without a three-point try was at Chicago (Dec. 23). The only other game he played. also had 12 TD receptions in 2004 for Green he didn’t make at least one field goal was at the N.Y. Giants (0-for-1). Bay, and those are the only double-digit TD seasons by Packers wide 2: Green Bay touchdowns called back on penalties. A 23-yard TD pass receivers since posted 14 in 1998. to James Jones vs. Washington was nullified by a holding penalty, and 13: If you count the 11:30 a.m. CT start on Thanksgiving Day, the num- Atari Bigby’s 70-yard interception return for a score vs. Oakland was ber of “noon” kickoffs for the Packers this season. The Packers went 12- wiped out by an unnecessary roughness call for a block on the QB. 1 in those games and were 1-2 in . Interestingly, the Packers 3: Victories in domes this season. The Packers won at Minnesota’s did not play a late afternoon game all season, but did so in the Divisional Metrodome, Detroit’s Ford Field, and St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome. playoffs on Jan. 12. That brings Head Coach Mike McCarthy’s dome record over two seasons 14: Number of coaches’ replay challenges called in Green Bay’s games, to 5-0, improving the team’s mark to 21-24 since 1992, Favre’s first sea- by both teams combined. McCarthy was 4-for-9 in getting calls over- son here. The Packers can even that record at .500 next year if they can turned, the most notable being a 36-yard pass by Kansas City initially win again in , Detroit, and New Orleans. ruled complete, but replays showed the receiver stepped out of bounds; 4: Games Favre attempted at least 40 passes this season without throw- and an Oakland fumble on a punt return that was at first ruled down by ing an interception. Favre attempted 45 passes in back-to-back games contact, but replay reversed it, and the fumble was recovered by the vs. San Diego and at Minnesota (Sept. 30) without a pick. He then Packers for a touchdown. Opposing coaches were 0-for-5 on challenges, attempted 46 vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11) and 41 at Detroit (Nov. 22), also and there were four booth reviews, all upholding the call on the field. without an interception. Favre has now done that 13 times in his career, 15: Number of Ruvell Martin’s receptions, out of 16, that resulted in a and the 46 this season was a career-high for a single game and tied the first down (or a TD). Martin’s only catch that did not pick up a first down franchise mark also held by (at Detroit, Sept. 30, 1990). came vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11), a 7-yard catch on first-and-10 during a 5: Fair-catches called by Packers punt returners, all by Woodson. Last two-minute drive at the end of the first half. That was the game Martin season, Green Bay had just three (two by Woodson), giving the unit posted season-highs in catches (four), yards (57) and TDs (two). eight fair-catches while returning 101 punts over the past two seasons 16: Games the Green Bay defense held opponents to less than 50 per- (7.3%). By contrast, in the three previous years combined, the Packers cent conversions on third downs. Not once this season did the Packers called 63 fair-catches while returning just 113 punts (35.8%). allow the other team to reach 50 percent in a game. Three teams – 6: Number of starts by the season-opening offensive line of Chad Clifton, Philadelphia (8-for-18), San Diego (5-for-11) and Dallas (4-for-9) came Daryn Colledge, Scott Wells, Jason Spitz and Mark Tauscher. After the within one conversion of hitting or beating 50 percent. For the season, season opener, this group went seven games before it was together the Packers allowed opponents to convert just 69 of 209 third downs, again, starting four straight from Weeks 9 through 12, and then anoth- for 33 percent, third-best in the NFL. Pg. 11 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET PACKERS TEAM NOTES

‘FAB 5’ A NIGHTMARE MATCHUP WOODSON AGAIN AMONG THE GAME’S ELITE At home against Minnesota in Week 10, Green Bay unveiled its ‘Big 5’ for- Cornerback Charles Woodson, who has seen a resurgence to his Pro Bowl mation with receivers Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Ruvell level since arriving in Green Bay, had another standout season for the Martin and Koren Robinson all split out wide. Packers. While battling through a toe injury, the 10-year pro had four inter- Highlighted by each receiver’s ability to run after the catch and their ceptions and two defensive touchdowns on the season. quarterback’s quick release, the formation aimed to take advantage of When he signed as a free agent prior to the ’06 season, many around the whichever favorable matchup the defense may present. The formation league thought Woodson’s days as an elite corner were over. Already, his wasn’t dependent upon a certain down or distance, as McCarthy utilized three defensive touchdowns in Green and Gold surpass his total (two) in it in nearly every possible situation. eight seasons as a Raider. What’s more, the former Heisman Trophy The offense also displayed a variation of the formation, with tight end winner has 12 interceptions in 30 games with Green Bay. He had 17 Donald Lee split wide and Favre again with an empty backfield. interceptions in 106 games with Oakland. “It's mismatches versus time (to throw) is what we're playing against,” Despite the fact he is a four-time Pro Bowler, Woodson won just the first Favre said when asked about the formation. “If I was a defensive coor- Defensive Player of the Week honor of his career for his performance in dinator, I don't know who you Week 6 against Washington. He stop or who you go in saying, picked off a Jason Campbell pass OK, this is what we (have to pre- and also returned a fumble 57 yards pare for) ... And for us that's a for the go-ahead touchdown. good thing. We have enough Historically, Woodson is only the diversity to present its own set of fourth Packers player since 1940 problems.” with a fumble recovery for a TD and “It's important because our game an interception in the same game. is about match-ups,” McCarthy The other three Green Bay Packers said. “To me that's one of the to do that were most important aspects of game- (10/4/1942, at CHI), planning. When you get to this (11/17/1968, vs. NO) and Ahmad point in the season you're look- Carroll (11/29/2004, vs. StL). ing at the injuries and different packages. Being able to take JONES STEPS UP IN ROOKIE SEASON advantage of that is even more important. I think it's more evident when you watch the way that defenses react to four wide receivers or five wide Rookie wideout James Jones, a virtual unknown when he was drafted by receivers. There's a lot of respect and cautiousness in the way defenses the Packers in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft, made an immediate approach it. I'm sure there will be a time when people challenge us impact in his debut season with the Packers.  (with) those particular sets, but it's definitely a weapon for us.” Much like Greg Jennings a year ago, Jones shined through spring mini- camps and training camp, as coaches and players alike praised his abil- FAVRE AS PRECISE AS EVER ity to catch the ball away from his body. Favre could not help but compare the San Jose State product to anoth- Quarterback Brett Favre surpassed some of the NFL’s greatest milestones er physical receiver he had worked with – Sterling Sharpe. this season, but not lost on the rest of the league is just how well he played Jones burst onto the scene in the preseason, tying for the league lead in in his 17th season. receptions (21) and finishing third in yardage (233).  For the first time in his career, Favre threw for 300 yards-or-more in He finished third among NFL rookies in receptions and receiving yards. three consecutive games (Weeks 3-5). What’s more, he’s did it twice this A look at where his totals rank among Packers rookie receiving records: season, completing three straight 300-yard games in Weeks 8-10. The 1,042 passing yards Favre had in Weeks 8-10 are the most passing Most Receptions, Rookie, Season yards over a three-game stretch in his 17-year career. 55 Sterling Sharpe, 1988 47 James Jones, 2007 Under Mike McCarthy, his position coach in 1999, Favre cut down dra- 53 , 1952 46 , 1978 matically on his interceptions. With 15 on the season, he recorded his 48 , 1980 (RB) 45 Greg Jennings, 2006 lowest total since 2001, when he had 15 as well. Much of the Packers’ offensive success can be traced to Favre’s preci- Most Receiving Yards, Rookie, Season sion passing. Between a second-quarter interception against the Giants 1,231 Billy Howton, 1952 676 James Jones, 2007 (Week 2) and a third-quarter interception against the Bears (Week 5), 818 James Lofton, 1978 632 Greg Jennings, 2006 Favre had attempted 142 consecutive passes without an interception – 791 Sterling Sharpe, 1988 614 Max McGee, 1954 the third-longest streak of his career. During the interception-free streak, he threw nine touchdown passes. PLAYOFF CAPTAINS Favre completed another long interception-free streak of 139 passes, The Packers were one of a few teams this season to have alternating game beginning with an interception just before the half in Kansas City (Week captains but elected playoff captains for the postseason. 9) and ending in the first quarter at Dallas (Week 13). He threw eight TD Representing the offense were Favre and Driver. It marked Favre’s 11th passes over the course of this latest streak. postseason appearance, while Driver played in the postseason for the No. Attempts Date Began - Ended fifth time. 163 ...... 12/10/1995 - 9/15/1996 For the defense, Kampman and Nick Barnett served as captains. This 148 ...... 12/16/2001 - 9/15/2002 was Kampman’s fourth trip to the postseason and Barnett’s third. 142 ...... 9/16/2007 - 10/7/2007 Special teams elected Rob Davis and Tracy White. Davis, the team’s 139 ...... 11/4/2007 - 11/29/2007 long-snapper and oldest player, made his seventh postseason appear- 126 ...... 12/14/1997 - 9/20/1998 125 ...... 11/12/1995 - 12/3/1995 ance. White made his first. THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 12 PACKERS TEAM NOTES

TOUGHEST ROAD VENUES? NO PROBLEM A CHRONOLOGY OF THE RECORD Earlier this season, the league’s youngest club proved its ability in hostile Eight players – all members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame – have held environments, even coming off short rest. the NFL career touchdown pass record throughout the history of the In the span of six days, the Packers went into two of the NFL’s most hos- league. Thanks to research provided by Elias Sports Bureau, the one-time tile stadiums – Denver’s INVESCO Field and Kansas City’s Arrowhead record holders were: Stadium – and came away with victories. Entering play this season, Benny Friedman had 66 career TD passes and held the record from 1930 Kansas City (No. 1) and Denver (No. 2) owned the league’s best home until 1943. records since 1990. Green Bay, with its Lambeau Field advantage, , a former Green Bay signal caller, reached 66 touchdown owned the fourth-best winning percentage in that period. passes in 1940 and shared the record with Friedman until 1943. What’s more, Green Bay faced a rested Kansas City club coming off a bye  passed Friedman and Herber in 1943 and threw 187 week, while the Packers had an abbreviated week thanks to the Monday career touchdowns. He held the record until 1962. night showdown in Denver. Bobby Layne tied Baugh in 1961 and passed him during the 1962 sea- “I think our players realize, young and old, that (K.C.) was a tough game son. Layne finished with 196 touchdown passes and held the record going into and a tough place to play,” until 1963. McCarthy said following the victory over the Y.A. Tittle passed Layne in 1963 and finished Chiefs. “This group works hard, stays his career with 212 touchdown passes. Tittle held focused. I tell them every day: smart, tough, the record until 1966. fundamentally sound. They're in tune with Johnny Unitas passed Tittle in 1966 and ended that. That's the way we grade them every day. his playing days with 290 TD passes. He held the You make smart decisions, you play tough and record until 1975. you're fundamentally sound. We try to keep it Fran Tarkenton surpassed Unitas in 1975 and as simple as possible.” became the first NFL player with 300 career TD The Packers completed a sweep of the AFC passes. He finished with 342 touchdown passes West and have now won six straight and nine and held the record until 1995. of their last 11 against the division, dating Dan Marino passed Tarkenton on Nov. 26, back to a 1996 victory over Denver. 1995, at Indianapolis with a second-quarter touchdown pass and finished his career with 420 442 TD PASSES AND COUNTING… touchdown passes. He held the record until sur- passed by Brett Favre in 2007. After a moment now etched in NFL history, Brett Favre stands alone atop the all-time touchdown PACKERS ONCE AGAIN LEAGUE’S passes list. James Jones became the 43rd different YOUNGEST TEAM Packers player on the receiving end of a Favre Green Bay had the distinction of being the NFL’s touchdown pass. The start of the record, youngest team for the second straight season. touchdown pass No. 1, began with Sterling Sharpe’s grab in the fourth Since taking over general manager duties in 2005, Ted Thompson has quarter against the Bengals on Sept. 20, 1992. vowed to rebuild the team’s foundation. Of the 53 active roster players Favre’s two fourth-quarter touchdown throws in that game not only at the end of the season, 40 have been acquired by Thompson. sealed the come-from-behind, 24-23 victory, but also earned him the Each team’s average age is based upon its opening-day roster. A look at start the following week, a job he hasn’t relinquished since. the five youngest teams in 2007: In a three-touchdown performance at New England on Oct. 13, 2002, Team Average Age Favre became just the fourth NFL player to throw for 300 touchdowns. Green Bay ...... 26 years, 89 days On his final TD pass of the day, a 2-yard toss to tight end Bubba Franks, Indianapolis ...... 26 years, 91 days Favre surpassed John Elway to move into third place on the all-time list. N.Y. Giants ...... 26 years, 190 days  He moved into second place on the list in one of the most memorable Dallas ...... 26 years, 197 days performances of his career – and in the history of Carolina ...... 26 years, 252 days – when he threw four touchdown passes in the first half against Oakland - Statistics provided by Elias Sports Bureau just one day after the sudden death of his father, Irvin. Favre’s second touchdown pass of the night, a 23-yard strike to Javon Walker, pushed McCARTHY NOW A HALL-OF-FAMER him past Fran Tarkenton on the league’s all-time list with 343 career TD passes. Though the bye week is meant for rest for players and coaches alike, Head A first-quarter strike to Greg Jennings made NFL history at Minnesota in Coach Mike McCarthy did take a detour to Baldwin City, Kan.  Week 4. The game was stopped briefly, and a videotaped message from There on Oct. 20, McCarthy was inducted into ’s Athletic Dan Marino was played on the Metrodome’s scoreboard. Hall of Fame, where he was an all-conference tight end and senior cap- A closer look at the record: tain in 1986. That season, the team made a run all the way to the NAIA title game. Quarterback Team TD Passes McCarthy became the 103rd member of Baker’s Hall of Fame, which was Brett Favre Atlanta, Green Bay 442 founded in 1977. Baker, the oldest university in Kansas, is celebrating its Dan Marino Miami 420 150th anniversary in 2007-08. Fran Tarkenton Minnesota, NY Giants 342 McCarthy has been taking home some hardware for his performance Indianapolis 306 with the Packers as well. Twice he was honored as Motorola NFL Coach John Elway Denver 300 of the Week honors and won the 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year Warren Moon Hou., Minn., Sea., K.C. 291 award. Pg. 13 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET PACKERS TEAM NOTES

PACKERS 2007 HONOR ROLL FAVRE’S MOST IMPRESSIVE STAT? Not to be overlooked as he broke nearly every career passing record is just Mike McCarthy how durable Favre has been since being inserted into the starting lineup. Motorola NFL Coach of the Year Despite playing one of the most susceptible positions in the game, Favre NFL Alumni Coach of the Year Kansas City 101 Committee 2007 NFC Coach of the Year has answered the bell time after time for the Packers. Week 2 - Motorola NFL Coach of the Week 64 QBs started a game in 2007, the most ever in one NFL season (note: Week 10 - Motorola NFL Coach of the Week 87 started in the 1987 season due to replacement players). According to Elias Sports Bureau, 212 other quarterbacks have started Nick Barnett an NFL game since Favre launched his starting streak on Sept. 27, 1992. 2007 Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro 10 new quarterbacks made their first career start this season. Week 3 - GMC Defensive Player of the Week He has played in 255 straight games (277 including playoffs) and his 253 starts in a row (275 including playoffs) is the NFL record for QBs. Atari Bigby  Week 15 - GMC Defensive Player of the Week Consecutive start No. 250 looked to be in doubt during the Dallas game, December - NFC Defensive Player of the Month as Favre left in the second quarter with elbow and shoulder injuries. However, Favre earned the start against Oakland, the seventh time in his Mason Crosby career he started a game after being unable to finish the previous one. Dallas Morning News All-Rookie Team He has appeared on the injury report exactly 50 times during the streak. Week 1 - NFC Special Teams Player of the Week Only Minnesota’s Jim Marshall (270, 1961-79) has been documented to November - NFC Special Teams Player of the Month have started more regular-season games in consecutive fashion. Week 15 - Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Donald Driver MILESTONES COME ON THE ROAD FOR FAVRE selection (third career) Brett Favre achieved yet another of the league’s most coveted milestones Brett Favre away from Lambeau Field in a Green Bay road victory. Taking a look back FedEx Air Player of the Year at some of Favre’s milestone touchdown passes throughout his career, all 2008 Pro Bowl selection (ninth career); withdrew (ankle) have a common theme – they came in road victories. 2007 Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro Only touchdown pass No. 100 came in front of the home crowd at Kansas City 101 Committee 2007 NFC Offensive Player of the Year Lambeau Field, though it still came in a winning effort. Week 2 - NFC Offensive Player of the Week Touchdown pass No. 301 pushed Favre ahead of John Elway (300) to Week 3 - FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week third on the league’s all-time touchdown passes list. Week 4 - NFC Offensive Player of the Week No. 343 – coming in one of the most memorable performances of his FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week Week 8 - FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week career and in the history of Monday Night Football – placed Favre No. 2 Week 10 - FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week on the all-time list, surpassing Fran Tarkenton. Week 12 - FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week No. Date Reception Opp. Result 100 12/3/95 Edgar Bennett vs. CIN W, 24-10 Ryan Grant Week 10 - FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week 200 11/15/98 Tyrone Davis at NYG W, 37-3 Week 14 - FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week 300 10/13/02 at NE W, 28-10 301 10/13/02 Bubba Franks at NE W, 28-10 343 12/22/03 Javon Walker at OAK W, 41-7 Dallas Morning News All-Rookie Team 400 9/24/06 Greg Jennings at DET W, 31-24 421 9/30/07 Greg Jennings at MIN W, 23-16 Al Harris 2008 Pro Bowl selection (first career) FAVRE NAMED 2007 SPORTS 2007 Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN Brandon Jackson OF THE YEAR Week 17 - Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week The accolades began to pour in for the NFL’s winningest quarterback in James Jones early December. Favre was chosen as Week 8 - Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week the 2007 Sports Illustrated Aaron Kampman Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. 2008 Pro Bowl selection (second career) The issue, dated Dec. 10, quickly 2007 Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro sold out around the country. Also, Sports Illustrated All-Pro Favre received the Sportsman of October - NFC Defensive Player of the Month the Year award, a sterling silver trophy crafted by Tiffany & Co.. Corey Williams  Week 11 - NFC Defensive Player of the Week It was just the beginning for Favre, who led all NFL players in Pro Bowl voting. The league’s only three-time MVP finished as the runner-up to Tramon Williams in the MVP voting in 2007 and also took home FedEx Air Week 11 - NFC Special Teams Player of the Week Player of the Year honors. Favre was the fourth NFL player to be named Sportsman: Terry Charles Woodson Bradshaw (1979, with Willie Stargell), (1990) and Tom Week 6 - NFC Defensive Player of the Week Brady (2005) were the others. Favre was the first Green Bay Packer to GMC Defensive Player of the Week earn the honor. THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 14 PACKERS TEAM NOTES

LOTS OF YOUTH IN THE BACKFIELD ter, with each KGB sack. The pledge for each sack came from Gbaja- Green Bay became the first NFL team to open the regular season with two Biamila, teammates Ryan Pickett and Bubba Franks, and local donors. rookie starters in the backfield since 1996. That season, both St. Louis (Derrick Harris and Lawrence Phillips) and Miami (Stanley Pritchett and PACKERS SEEM TO MAKE HISTORY ON MONDAY NIGHT Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar) used an all-rookie backfield on opening day. In Denver, Green Bay won its first overtime game on the road since Dec. Rookie running back Brandon Jackson, a second-round pick from 12, 1983, at Tampa Bay, also a game on Monday Night Football. Jan Nebraska, became the first rookie to start at running back on opening Stenerud’s 23-yard field goal sealed the 12-9 Packers win in Howard day for the Packers since in 1971. Cosell’s final broadcast. Fullback Korey Hall was the first Packers rookie to start on opening day Also in the game, James Jones and Greg Jennings became the first at fullback since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Packers’ duo to record 100 yards receiving each since Donald Driver and It’s not like they got a whole lot older in the backfield since opening day. Javon Walker on Oct. 11, 2004 vs. Tennessee, also a game on MNF. Second-year pro got a start at fullback in Week 17 when Hall Favre’s 82-yard strike to Jennings tied for the second-longest TD pass went down with a hip injury, and since Jackson started the first three to end an overtime in NFL history. The longest was the 99-yard play from games of the season, two other running backs got the starting nod: Philadelphia’s Ron Jaworski to on Nov. 10, 1985, vs. Atlanta. rookie DeShawn Wynn (four games) and first-year player Ryan Grant New England’s Tom Brady connected with Troy Brown on an 82-yard (seven games). pass play to beat Miami on Oct. 19, 2003. Jones’ 79-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was the team’s NO ONE WINS MORE THAN NO. 4 longest touchdown reception by a Packers rookie since Max McGee’s 82-yard reception in the 1954 season. In what was a record-breaking year for Favre, certainly one of the most meaningful accomplishments, both from a team and individual standpoint, CLOSING IN ON MARINO…AGAIN came early. With his 149th win in Week 2, Favre surpassed John Elway on the all-time quarterback wins list. After the third 13-win season of his Favre threw for three touchdowns in Week 12, the 63rd game of his career career, Favre now has 160 career wins. with at least three TD passes.  Simply put, Favre was spectacular in the record-breaking victory over With the effort, Favre surpassed Dan Marino’s (62) NFL record.  the New York Giants. He completed 29-of-38 passes for 286 yards and He is also chasing Marino in 300-yard passing games. Favre had seven three touchdowns and earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. this season, tying his own record of seven established in 1995.  “We gave him the game ball after the game,” McCarthy said after the A list of the quarterbacks with the most 300-yard passing games: win. “The ‘all-time’ in anything in this league is such a monumental Quarterback Years 300-yd. games achievement. 149 victories - I think that speaks for itself. When you go Dan Marino 1983-99 63 out and win over that long of a period of time, I think that's the ultimate Brett Favre 1991-2007 55 compliment a quarterback can have. To me, if you asked me what is the Dan Fouts 1973-87 51 biggest record that he will achieve, I think he just accomplished it.” Warren Moon 1984-2000 49 QUITE THE DEBUT FOR CROSBY McCARTHY TOPS THROUGH 25 According to Elias Sports Bureau, rookie kicker Mason Crosby on Sept. 9 Notching his 16th victory in his 25th game since taking over head coach- became the first player in NFL history to kick a 50-plus yard field goal and ing duties at the offices on Lombardi Avenue, McCarthy won more games a game-winning field goal in the final minute of his first NFL game. through his first 25 than any coach in franchise history. What a whirlwind couple of days it had been for Crosby. First, he found Vince Lombardi and Mike Sherman had previously topped the list, as out on Sept. 1 that he had won the kicking job after what had been per- both went 15-10 to open their coaching careers in Green Bay. Mike haps the most intense training camp battle against incumbent Dave Holmgren went 14-11 through his first 25. Rayner. Two days later, he celebrated his 23rd birthday, and just days According to Elias, McCarthy tied for the best career start of after was lining up for his professional debut against the Eagles. any active head coach over 25 games. Crosby was 3-for-3 on field goals in his NFL debut. He hit a 53-yarder, “My focus is on winning the world's championship,” McCarthy said one yard shy of the team record, in the first quarter, a 37-yarder in the when asked about the accomplishment. “That will always be the focus third quarter, and a 42-yarder with 2 seconds left to break a 13-all tie and regardless of how many games it takes to get there through the regular give the Packers the three-point win. He was later awarded NFC Special season and so forth. Because when you win championships, everything Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts. else takes care of itself.”

‘KGB’ GIVES BACK WITH EACH SACK 2008 OPPONENTS SET Defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, who earlier this season surpassed Green Bay’s opponents for the 2008 season as released by the NFL. Hall of Famer on the franchise’s all-time career sack list, saw NFL Kickoff 2008 Weekend will begin on Thursday night, Sept. 4, and a return to form this season with 9½ sacks. the regular season will conclude on Dec. 28.  Head Coach Mike McCarthy made a drastic move with Gbaja-Biamila in The Packers will play their usual home-and-away series against their the final four games of 2006, replacing him in the starting lineup with three division rivals. end and bringing in Gbaja-Biamila on passing downs. Within their conference, the Packers will play the NFC South, hosting The move paid off for the Packers and ‘KGB’. The eighth-year pro, who Atlanta and Carolina while traveling to New Orleans and Tampa Bay. only registered six sacks in 2006, was back among the league leaders in Green Bay will be matched up with the AFC South, hosting and 2007. Indianapolis and making trips to Jacksonville and Tennessee.  This season, many more were cheering on ‘KGB’ with each sack for what By virtue of their first-place finish, the Packers will take on the two other it will mean towards the greater Green Bay community. NFC division winners: Dallas (home) and Seattle (away). More than $11,000 went to Freedom House, a Green Bay homeless shel- Pg. 15 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET MARK H. MURPHY NAMED GREEN BAY PACKERS PRESIDENT AND CEO

MURPHY ELECTED TO SUCCEED HARLAN The school's athletic success under Murphy was achieved while its stu- Mark H. Murphy, possessor of extensive experience in professional foot- dent-athletes continued to excel off the field. The most recent NCAA ball and sports administration, has been elected as the Green Bay Packers' Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data released in October 2007 reported President and CEO, the organization announced Dec. 3. Northwestern's rate at 98 percent, tying it with Notre Dame and Navy for The Packers Board of Directors approved Murphy as the franchise's 10th tops in the nation.  Chief Executive Officer in a unanimous vote at Lambeau Field. Packers Prior to his tenure at Northwestern, Murphy served as director of athlet- Chairman of the Board Bob Harlan will continue to lead the organization ics at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. (1992-2003), the school from through the 2007 football campaign, including any postseason games. which he graduated in 1977. During his 11 years at the helm, the uni- Prior to that, the transition formally will begin Jan. 1, 2008, with Murphy versity experienced a renaissance of its football program, going from 0- assuming the title of President and CEO-elect. 11 in 1995 to three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division I-AA “The Green Bay Packers are very pleased to name Mark Murphy as our playoffs. In 2003, the year after Murphy's departure to Northwestern, President and CEO,” Harlan said. “He has an excellent background and the team made it to the championship game; the achievement of that record of success in the business of athletics, and through his NFL play- squad - a non-scholarship program - remains one of Murphy's proudest ing career brings a great understanding of our moments.  game to his position. He'll be an outstanding A former All-Pro safety for the Washington leader for our franchise and a great addition to Redskins, Murphy enjoyed an eight-year (1977- our community. We're delighted to have Mark 84) career after originally signing with the team join us.” as a non-drafted free agent in 1977. He was a co- “I am honored to have been selected and very captain from 1980-84, a period that included two appreciative of this tremendous opportunity,” Super Bowl teams (1982-83). He enjoyed his Murphy said. “The Packers are one of the great finest season in 1983, leading the NFL with nine franchises in all of professional sports, with a interceptions and earning consensus All-Pro rich history and incredible fan support. These honors as well as a trip to the Pro Bowl. Murphy are successful times for the Packers. On the was named as one of the Redskins' "70 Greatest field they're performing well, and off the field, Players" and also is a member of the club's "50th they're in great shape, too. I look forward to Anniversary Team."  being a part of that continued success.” During his days as a Redskin, Murphy earned Murphy, who holds a law degree and an M.B.A an M.B.A. in finance from American University in in finance, brings a unique and highly qualified Washington, D.C., attending classes full-time in background to his role as head of one of the the offseason and evening classes in-season. NFL's flagship franchises, first drawing from a Upon completion of his playing career in 1985 he deep understanding and appreciation of the joined the NFL Players Association as assistant game that comes from an eight-year playing executive director. While with the NFLPA, career with the Washington Redskins. Later, he Murphy served on the bargaining team, devel- served a combined 16 years as director of ath- oped the agent certification system and strength- letics at Colgate University and Northwestern University, as well as posi- ened the PA's degree completion and career counseling programs.  tions as an assistant executive director of the NFL Players Association While with the NFLPA, he started work on a law degree from Georgetown and a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. University and ultimately finished his studies full-time after leaving the In addition to his playing career and work with the NFL Players Players Association. Upon receiving his law degree in 1988, he worked Association, Murphy has maintained his ties to the NFL through his work for a year at a Washington law firm before becoming a trial attorney with on the Commissioner's Player Advisory Committee (1994-2002) as well the U.S. Department of Justice in 1989.  as the NFL Youth Football Committee (2002-present). During a four-year career with the Department of Justice, he primarily “Mark brings an important blend of experiences to the job, so many of represented government agencies in trials. Then, in 1992, his alma which touch on issues that we will be dealing with in the future,” said mater called and he returned to the sports realm.  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. “Based on eight seasons with the Born July 13, 1955, in Fulton, N.Y., Murphy was a three-sport star (foot- Redskins, Mark has a deep respect for the history of the league, its play- ball, baseball and basketball) at Clarence Central High School in the ers and coaches. He understands the impact of a franchise on its com- Buffalo-area community of Williamsville, and was named the best all- munity and the importance of players and coaches meshing with their around athlete in western New York during his senior year. His baseball local fan bases.” talents drew attention from Major League scouts. In 2002, he was The 52-year-old Murphy joins the Packers after four and a half years as inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of director of athletics at Northwestern University. At the Big Ten his achievements both on and off the field.  Conference university, Murphy oversaw a 19-sport program with a $40- Murphy and his wife, Laurie, who also is a Colgate graduate, have been million budget and 160 full-time employees. The school enjoyed eight involved in the communities in which they've lived. Over the years the individual national championships and three NCAA team titles. couple has donated their time to numerous organizations, including Additionally, the university won nine conference team championships local schools, the United Methodist Church in Hamilton, N.Y., and the and 34 individual Big Ten titles. A total of 49 Wildcats have earned first- First Congregational Church of Evanston, Ill. While at Colgate University, team All-America distinction. On the football field, the Wildcats have par- Murphy formed the Hamilton Youth Basketball League and served as its ticipated in two bowl games during Murphy's tenure after playing in just commissioner. Heavily involved in the community while with the four previous such contests in the program's history. In 2006-07, Redskins, Murphy was named the team's "Miller Man of the Year" in Northwestern finished 30th in the U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup 1984 in honor of his work off the field.  standings with a school-best 626.5 points. The Wildcats have ranked The couple has four children: Katie, 24, a graduate of Harvard who among the top 30 in the standings for the past three seasons and last played basketball for the Crimson; Emily, 22, a senior at Middlebury (Vt.) year finished sixth among Big Ten schools for the third straight year after College; Brian, 18, a freshman at Amherst (Mass.) College; and Anna, previously not placing higher than ninth. 17. THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 16 INDIVIDUAL NOTES & STREAKS

56 NICK BARNETT team’s list of touchdown combinations. The duo needs six more TDs to Tallied over 130 tackles for the fifth consecutive season. surpass the No. 2 combination of Favre and Sterling Sharpe (41). Led the Packers in tackles for the fourth time in his five seasons. Ties Needs one 100-yard receiving game to match No. 5 (19), Brian Noble (4) and (4) for the franchise lead for most two to reach No. 4 Antonio Freeman (20) and six to equal No. 3 Don seasons leading the team in tackles (stat began in 1975). Hutson (24) on the team’s all-time list. Driver has 18 career 100-yard His 3½ sacks on the season were a career high. receiving games. Needs two TD receptions to become only the eighth player in franchise 20 ATARI BIGBY annals to reach 40 career, joining Don Hutson (99), Sterling Sharpe (65), His 121 tackles were the most by any Packers since safe- Antonio Freeman (57), Max McGee (50), James Lofton (49), Billy ty Mark Murphy recorded 128 tackles in 1990. Howton (43) and Boyd Dowler (40). Driver has 38. Led the team in interceptions (five) and passes defensed (13) and tied for the lead with three forced fumbles. 4 BRETT FAVRE Has played in 255 straight games (277 including playoffs) and started 2 MASON CROSBY 253 in a row (275 including playoffs), the NFL’s record among quarter- With 141 points, became the seventh rookie in NFL history to lead the backs and the second-longest recorded streak in NFL history. Only league in scoring and first since Kevin Butler in 1985. Minnesota’s Jim Marshall (270, 1961-79) has been documented to have Surpassed Ryan Longwell’s franchise record of started more games in consecutive fashion. points in a season by a kicker (131, 2000) and Surpassed Dan Marino’s NFL record of 420 placed third behind Paul Hornung (176, 1960; touchdown passes against Minnesota in Week 4. 146, 1961) on the team’s single-season scoring Favre now has 442 career TD passes. list. Surpassed Marino’s NFL record for attempts Established a franchise record for points in a (8,358) against Minnesota. Favre has 8,758. season by a rookie and joined Chester Marcol Surpassed Marino’s record of 61,361 career (1972), (1989) and Longwell (1997) passing yards. Favre has 61,655 career yards. as the only kickers in Packers history to score Surpassed John Elway’s NFL record for wins by more than 100 points as a rookie. a quarterback (148) with his 149th victory against the Giants in Week 2. Favre has 160 career wins. 60 ROB DAVIS Threw his 200th TD pass at Lambeau Field in With 84 games played at Lambeau, needs anoth- Week 10 to extend the league’s single-stadium er 10 to surpass No. 2 William Henderson (93) record. He now has 209.  on the stadium’s all-time games played list. Needs 106 passing yards at Lambeau Field to Having played in 167 consecutive games in a surpass John Elway (27,889 at Mile High Stadium) Packers uniform, stands at No. 3 on the team’s for the single-stadium record. Favre has 27,784.  all-time list. Threw for three touchdowns in Week 12, the Tied with No. 7 Ed West on the team’s all-time 63rd game of his career with at least three TD pass- list of overall games played (167 games). es, surpassing Dan Marino’s (62) NFL record. Established a new team record against Detroit in 80 DONALD DRIVER Week 12 by completing 20 consecutive passes. Has 40 career game-winning comebacks (fourth-quarter deficit or tie), Became the third player in team annals to reach 500 career receptions, including four this season. joining Sterling Sharpe (595) and James Lofton (530). Driver has 503. Has 55 career 300-yard passing games, including seven this season, Has a reception in 95 consecutive games, the franchise’s second-longest tying his own record of seven 300-yard passing games in 1995. streak behind Sharpe’s 103 (1988-94). Extended two of his own NFL records with at least 3,000 passing yards Tied a franchise record with 1,000 receiving yards in a fifth overall sea- for a 16th consecutive season and 16th overall season. son. Lofton and Sharpe also have five 1,000-yard campaigns. Surpassed the 4,000 yards passing mark for the fifth time in his career. This season became one of four players in team annals to produce as Favre also: many as six seasons with 50 receptions, joining Lofton and Sharpe By playing a 16th season in a Packers uniform, surpassed (both seven) and Antonio Freeman (six). (1958-72) and tied (1956- Also became only the second Packers player with four 80-catch sea- 71) for most in Packers history. sons, joining Sharpe (four). Surpassed 30,000 road passing Became only the seventh player in Packers history to reach 6,000 career yards at Denver. Favre has an NFL yards, joining James Lofton (9,656), Sterling Sharpe (8,134), Don record 31,462 road passing yards. Hutson (7,991), Boyd Dowler (6,918), Antonio Freeman (6,651) and Needs 4 scoring drives for 1,000. Max McGee (6,346). Driver (6,977) stands at No. 4 in team history. Became Lambeau Field’s all-time leader in receptions, surpassing Antonio Freeman (213) in Week 3. Driver now has 240 receptions at 88 BUBBA FRANKS Lambeau Field. Stands tied with No. 10 Robert Stands 54 Lambeau Field receiving yards from surpassing No. 2 James Brooks (32) on the team’s all-time Lofton (3,330) and 201 from becoming the stadium’s all-time leader touchdown receptions list. ahead of Antonio Freeman (3,477). Driver (3,277) is No. 3. Needs six starts for 100 career. His 36 career TD receptions from Brett Favre stands at No. 3 on the Franks has 94.

Two years after he co-founded the Packers with , George Calhoun began writing a piece called The Dope Sheet, which served as the official press release and game program from 1921-24. Pg. 17 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET INDIVIDUAL NOTES & STREAKS

Surpassed 250 career catches against Chicago in Week 5. Franks has 256 career receptions. 74 AARON KAMPMAN Needs 3 games to surpass No. 3 Rich McGeorge (116) and 6 to surpass Became just the fifth player to record 40 sacks in a Packers uniform. No. 2 (119) on the team’s all-time tight ends list. Franks is Tallied over 90 tackles for the third consecutive season. No. 4 with 114. His 27½ sacks over the past two seasons rank second in the NFL behind Needs 22 receiving yards to surpass No. 4 Ed West (2,321), 71 to sur- (29½). pass No. 3 Rich McGeorge (2,370) and 295 to surpass No. 2 Ron Had his consecutive starts streak (73) stopped as he was held out of the Kramer (2,594) on the team’s all-time tight ends list. Franks has 2,300 season finale vs. Detroit. career receiving yards. 86 DONALD LEE 94 KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA Set career highs in receptions (48), receiving yards (575) and touch-  On Green Bay’s all-time sacks list, surpassed Reggie White’s career down receptions (6). record (68½) in Week 4 at Minnesota. Gbaja-Biamila now has 74. 12 AARON RODGERS 25 RYAN GRANT Could become the first quarterback other than Brett Favre to start a  Carries a streak of six consecutive games with a rushing TD into 2008, Packers game since Don Majkowski, Sept. 20, 1992. which ties the second-longest streak in Packers history. Terdell Middleton had a rushing touchdown in six straight games in 1978, and 9 JON RYAN Paul Hornung scored in seven consecutive games in 1960. Needs 6 punts to reach 150 and qualify for the Packers’ all-time lead in gross punting average. Ryan averaged 44.5 yards on 84 punts in his first 31 AL HARRIS Packers season, 2006, and 44.4 yards on 60 punts this season. The  Has played in 170 straight games (160 regular season, 10 playoffs), a franchise leader is , who averaged 42.8 yards on 289 streak that began in Philadelphia in 1998. Since coming to Green Bay in punts from 1994-97. 2003, has started all 83 games (80 regular season, 3 playoffs).  Has 100 career starts. 65 MARK TAUSCHER Needs to return one interception for a touchdown to tie No. 5 Charley Started his 100th career game in Week 10. He has played in 109 career Brock, and (all with three) on Green Bay’s all-time games, including 107 starts. career list. With a second TD on an interception, would match No. 4 Johnny (Blood) McNally, who returned four. Harris has two. 21 CHARLES WOODSON Needs one interception for 30 career. 85 GREG JENNINGS Needs to return one interception for a touchdown to tie No. 5 Brock, Hart  His streak of five consecutive games with a touchdown catch (Weeks and Ellis (all with three) on Green Bay’s all-time career list. With a sec- 11-15) was the longest streak since Antonio Freeman’s five-game streak ond TD on an interception, would match No. 4 Johnny (Blood) McNally, in 1998-99. who returned four. Woodson has two.  Surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards on the 82-yard, game-winning With three defensive touchdowns as a member of the Packers (two inter- touchdown catch vs. Denver in Week 8. Jennings has 1,552. ceptions, one fumble return), needs one defensive score to tie No. 5  His 12 touchdown receptions were the most by a Packers player since Johnny (Blood) McNally, Charley Brock and Keith McKenzie on the Javon Walker had 12 TD catches in 2004. team’s all-time list. His average of 17.4 yards per catch ranked fourth in the NFL.

89 JAMES JONES His 47 catches rank third on the team’s list of receptions by a rookie. His yardage total (676) ranks fourth on the team’s all-time rookies list. Among NFL rookies in 2007, Jones’ receptions total and yardage ranked third.

Pronunciation Guide PLAYERS John Kuhn ...... KOON COACHES Allen Barbre ...... BAR-ber Ruvell Martin ...... roo-VELL ...... KAMP-en Atari Bigby ...... ah-TARR-ee BIG-bee Tony Moll ...... MAHL ...... KLEMM-ints Shaun Bodiford ...... BAH-dee-ford ...... ...... FON-tin-oh Junius Coston . .JOON-ee-us KAHST-in ...... VERN-in mo-REN-see Brett Favre ...... FARVE Daniel Muir ...... MYEWR Ben McAdoo ...... MACK-ah-doo Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... Ryan Pickett ...... PICK-ett .SHOTT-in-hyme-err ...... BAH-jah BEE-ah-MILL-lah Brady Poppinga ...... puh-PING-ah ...... SLOW-kumm ...... HAIR-uhl Ryan Powdrell ...... POW-drell Noah Herron ...... HAIR-un Aaron Rouse ...... ROWSE Cullen Jenkins ...... KULL-en Jason Spitz ...... SPITTS Aaron Kampman ...... CAMP-man Mark Tauscher ...... TAU-sher Ryan Krause ...... KROWSE Tramon Williams ...... trah-MAHN THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 18 LOOKING AHEAD TO 2008

MORE ON 2008 OPPONENTS 2008 NFL OFFSEASON CALENDAR The ’08 schedule includes six playoff teams from last season. Two will Feb. 7 First day clubs can designate Franchise or Transition players. come to Lambeau Field (Indianapolis and Dallas), while the Packers will Feb. 10 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Honolulu, Hawaii face four on the road (Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Tennessee and Seattle). Feb. 11 Waiver system begins for 2008. Waivers will expire on the The will make their franchise debut at Lambeau Field. business day of the new League Year. Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons that a club desires Speaking of Lambeau Field, the Falcons return to the historic stadium for to terminate are not subject to the waiver system until after the first time since the 2002 Wild Card game. It was the first home post- the trading deadline. season loss in franchise history. Feb. 20-26 Combine Timing and Testing at RCA Dome; Indianapolis, Ind. Last Overall Last Lambeau Field Feb. 21 Deadline at 3 p.m. CST for clubs to designate Franchise and Lambeau Games ’07 Record Meeting/Result Meeting/Result Transition Players. *Chicago ...... 7-9 12/23/07 L, 7-35 10/7/07 L, 20-27 *Detroit ...... 7-9 12/30/07 W, 34-13 12/30/07 W, 34-13 Feb. 28 Expiration date of all player contracts due to expire in 2008. *Minnesota ...... 8-8 11/11/07 W, 34-0 11/11/07 W, 34-0 Feb. 28 Deadline for exercising options for 2008 on all players who Atlanta ...... 4-12 11/13/05 W, 33-25 1/4/03 L, 7-27 have option clauses in their 2007 contracts. Carolina ...... 7-9 11/18/07 W, 31-17 11/18/07 W, 31-17 Feb. 28 Deadline for submission of Qualifying Offers by clubs to Dallas ...... 13-3 11/29/07 L, 27-37 10/24/04 W, 41-20 their Restricted Free Agents whose contracts have expired Houston ...... 8-8 11/21/04 W, 16-13 First Appearance and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Indianapolis ...... 13-3 9/26/04 L, 45-31 11/19/00 W, 26-24 Refusal/Compensation. Totals ...... 67-61 (.523) Feb. 28 Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players whose Last Overall Last Meeting contracts have expired and who have fewer than three sea- Road Games ’07 Record Meeting/Result at Site/Result sons of free agency credit. *Chicago ...... 7-9 12/23/07 L, 7-35 12/23/07 L, 7-35 Feb. 29 Free Agency period begins. *Detroit ...... 7-9 12/30/07 W, 34-13 11/22/07 W, 37-26 Feb. 29 Trading period begins for 2008 after expiration of all 2007 *Minnesota ...... 8-8 12/21/06 W, 9-7 9/30/07 W, 23-16 contracts. Jacksonville ...... 11-5 12/19/04 L, 25-28 12/3/01 W, 28-21 March 1 After this date, employer clubs are no longer obligated to New Orleans ...... 7-9 9/17/006 L, 27-34 9/15/02 L, 20-35 grant permission to another club to discuss a position as a Tampa Bay ...... 9-7 9/25/05 L, 16-17 11/16/03 W, 20-13 Head Coach with an assistant coach who is under contract Tennessee ...... 10-6 10/11/04 L, 27-48 12/16/01 L, 20-26 for the succeeding season or seasons. However, such per- Seattle ...... 10-6 1/12/08 W, 42-20 11/27/06 L, 24-34 mission may be voluntarily granted. Totals ...... 69-59 (.539) Overall Schedule . . .136-120 (.531) March 7-8 Packers Fan Fest, Lambeau Field Atrium. * — NFC North contests March 17 First day clubs may conduct offseason workouts or mini- camps (Packers offseason workout program begins). March 30- NFL Annual Meeting; Palm Beach, Fla. GREEN BAY’S NON-DIVISIONAL FOES, 2002-2009 April 3 April 18 Deadline for signing of Offer Sheets by Restricted Free 2002 2003 2004 2005 Agents. Home Road Home Road Home Road Home Road April 25 Deadline for Old Club to exercise Right of First Refusal to ATL NO SF ARI DAL PHI NO ATL Restricted Free Agents. CAR TB SEA STL NYG WAS TB CAR BUF NE DEN OAK JAC HOU CLE BAL April 26-27 72nd Annual NFL Draft; New York, N.Y. MIA NYJ KC SD TEN IND PIT CIN May 2-4 Packers Rookie Orientation NFCE NFCW NFCE NFCS NFCW NFCS NFCW NFCE May 16 Except for a three-day mini-camp held within 15 days of the draft, this is the first day that 2008 draft-eligible players are 2006 2007 2008 2009 permitted to participate in mini-camps, practices or meet- Home Road Home Road Home Road Home Road ings. If final examinations at a player's school conclude after ARI SF PHI DAL ATL NO SF ARI this date, the player is prohibited from participating in any STL SEA WAS NYG CAR TB SEA STL activities until after the player's final day of examinations. If NE BUF OAK DEN HOU JAC BAL CLE the player has left or leaves school, he is prohibited from NYJ MIA SD KC IND TEN CIN PIT participating in any club activities until after the final day of NFCS NFCE NFCS NFCW NFCE NFCW NFCE NFCS examinations at his school. June 2 Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned NOTE: The final two games on each schedule pair the Packers with the Restricted Free Agents or to extend Qualifying Offer, club from that division that finished in the same standing as Green Bay whichever is greater, in order to retain rights. the previous year. In 2008, those clubs are Dallas (at home) from the June 2 Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned NFC East and Seattle (on the road) from the NFC West. In 2007, those Unrestricted Free Agents to retain rights if player is not clubs were Carolina (at home) from the NFC South and St. Louis (on the signed by another club by July 22. road) from the NFC West. In 2006, those clubs were New Orleans (at June 2 Any unamortized signing bonus amounts will be included in the succeeding year's Team Salary for any players removed home) from the NFC South and Philadelphia (on the road) from the NFC from the team's roster other than by trade. East. In 2005, those clubs were Seattle (at home) from the NFC West and June 16 Deadline for club to withdraw Qualifying Offer to Restricted Philadelphia (on the road) from the NFC East. In 2004, those clubs were Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by St. Louis (at home) from the NFC West and Carolina (on the road) from substituting tender of one-year contract at 110 percent of the NFC South. previous year's Paragraph 5 salary (with all other terms car- ried forward unchanged). June 17-19 Packers mandatory mini-camp (rookies and veterans) June 29- Rookie Symposium; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. July 2 Pg. 19 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET LOOKING AHEAD TO 2008 2008 FREE AGENTS 2008 DRAFT ORDER There are two main categories in free agency: restricted (RFA) and unre- stricted (UFA). To become an RFA, a player must complete three accrued Strength of Opp seasons. To become a UFA, a player must complete four. No Team W L T Pct Sched W-L-T  Accrued season (AS): Six-plus regular-season games on club’s 1. 1 15 0 .063 .539 138-118-0 active/inactive, reserve-injured or physically unable to perform lists.  Signing Periods: RFA — late February-mid April; UFA — late 2. St. Louis Rams 3 13 0 .188 .512 131-125-0 February to the first day of first NFL training camp (or July 22, whichever is later). 3. # 4 12 0 .250 .516 132-124-0  RFAs must receive qualifying offers (salary level predetermined by 4. Oakland Raiders # 4 12 0 .250 .516 132-124-0 collective bargaining agreement) from old club. If RFA signs offer 5. Kansas City Chiefs # 4 12 0 .250 .516 132-124-0 sheet from new club, old club can match it and retain him. If old 6. 4 12 0 .250 .523 134-122-0 club opts not to match offer, it may receive draft-choice compensa- tion, depending on amount of qualifying offer. If no offer sheet exe- 7. 5 11 0 .313 .465 119-137-0 cuted, RFA’s rights revert to his old club in April. 8. 5 11 0 .313 .516 132-124-0  UFAs are free to sign anywhere. If old club extends tender offer (110 percent of previous year’s salary) by June 1, team regains 9. 7 9 0 .438 .461 118-138-0 rights when UFA signing period ends. If no tender offered by June 10. 7 9 0 .438 .480 123-133-0 1, UFA may sign with any club at any time. 11. 7 9 0 .438 .516 132-124-0  Exclusive Rights Free Agents are players with two or fewer years of 12. Denver Broncos 7 9 0 .438 .516 132-124-0 experience. Their rights belong to their previous club provided they 13. Carolina Panthers 7 9 0 .438 .523 134-122-0 are made a minimum qualifying offer. 14. Chicago Bears 7 9 0 .438 .543 139-117-0 15. Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 .543 139-117-0

Unrestricted (7) AS 16. 8 8 0 .500 .434 111-145-0 LS Rob Davis ...... 12 17. Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 .500 .504 129-127-0 TE Ryan Krause ...... 4 18. Houston Texans 8 8 0 .500 .516 132-124-0 QB Craig Nall ...... 6 19. Philadelphia Eagles 8 8 0 .500 .563 144-112-0 CB Frank Walker ...... 5 T/G Tyson Walter ...... 6 20. 9 7 0 .563 .469 120-136-0 LB Tracy White ...... 5 21. Washington Redskins 9 7 0 .563 .555 142-114-0 DT Corey Williams ...... 4 22. 10 6 0 .625 .430 110-146-0 23. Pittsburgh Steelers 10 6 0 .625 .453 116-140-0 Restricted (2) AS 24. Tennessee Titans 10 6 0 .625 .500 128-128-0 DT Colin Cole ...... 3 25. Seattle Seahawks 10 6 0 .625 .414 106-150-0 RB Vernand Morency ...... 3 26. Jacksonville Jaguars 11 5 0 .688 .516 132-124-0 27. San Diego Chargers 11 5 0 .688 .500 128-128-0 Exclusive Rights (6) AS S Atari Bigby ...... 2 28. Dallas Cowboys 13 3 0 .813 .496 127-129-0 RB Ryan Grant ...... 1 29. Indianapolis Colts 13 3 0 .813 .516 132-124-0 WR Carlyle Holiday ...... 2 30. Green Bay Packers 13 3 0 .813 .469 120-136-0 TE Tory Humphrey ...... 2 FB John Kuhn ...... 2 31. New York Giants 10 6 0 .625 .516 132-124-0 WR Ruvell Martin ...... 2 32. New England Patriots 16 0 01.000 .469 120-136-0 2008 NFL DRAFT CHANGES (forfeited pick) The NFL announced a number of changes to take place during the 2008 NFL Draft in order to streamline the process. # — Subject to coin flip  Only Rounds 1-2 will take place on Saturday (April 26), the first day of the draft. Previously, the first three rounds of the draft were con- Draft-order ties are resolved by the cumulative record of ducted on Saturday. each team’s opponents. The team with the weaker oppo-  The time allocated for each club to make its selection in Rounds 1-2 nents receives drafting priority. Within a tied segment, non- also has been changed. Instead of 15 minutes for each pick in playoff clubs are given priority over playoff clubs. Priority Round 1, clubs will now be allowed 10 minutes. In Round 2, the of playoff clubs within a tied segment will be based on their selection time has been shortened to seven minutes from 10 min- advancement in the playoffs, but they will not drop out of utes. their tied segment unless they participate in the Super  The draft also will begin later on Saturday -- at 2:00 PM CST rather Bowl. than at 11:00 AM. Round 3 will be moved to Sunday and remain at five minutes per selection. Rounds 3-7 will be conducted on Sunday, with each selection allocated at five minutes. The draft on Sunday now will begin at 9:00 AM CST, rather than 10:00 AM CST. THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 20 DEPTH CHART Unofficial, end of 2007 season OFFENSE WR: 85 Greg Jennings 82 Ruvell Martin 19 Shaun Bodiford LT: 76 Chad Clifton 73 Daryn Colledge 69 Orrin Thompson LG: 73 Daryn Colledge 78 Allen Barbre C: 63 Scott Wells 72 Jason Spitz 73 Daryn Colledge RG: 72 Jason Spitz 75 Tony Moll 73 Daryn Colledge RT: 65 Mark Tauscher 75 Tony Moll TE: 86 Donald Lee 88 Bubba Franks 87 Ryan Krause WR: 80 Donald Driver 89 James Jones 81 Koren Robinson QB: 4 Brett Favre 12 Aaron Rodgers 16 Craig Nall RB: 25 Ryan Grant 32 Brandon Jackson 34 Vernand Morency FB: 35 Korey Hall 30 John Kuhn

DEFENSE LDE: 74 Aaron Kampman 96 Michael Montgomery LDT: 79 Ryan Pickett 91 Justin Harrell 93 Conrad Bolston RDT: 99 Corey Williams 95 Daniel Muir 77 Cullen Jenkins RDE: 77 Cullen Jenkins 94 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 57 Jason Hunter SAM: 51 Brady Poppinga 59 Tracy White MIKE: 56 Nick Barnett 55 WILL: 50 A.J. Hawk 59 Tracy White LCB: 21 Charles Woodson 38 Tramon Williams 27 Will Blackmon RCB: 31 Al Harris 24 Jarrett Bush 41 Frank Walker SS: 20 Atari Bigby 26 FS: 36 Nick Collins 37 Aaron Rouse

SPECIAL TEAMS K: 2 Mason Crosby P: 9 Jon Ryan H: 9 Jon Ryan 82 Ruvell Martin 12 Aaron Rodgers PR : 27 Will Blackmon 38 Tramon Williams 21 Charles Woodson KR : 81 Koren Robinson 38 Tramon Williams 27 Will Blackmon 32 Brandon Jackson 34 Vernand Morency PC: 60 Rob Davis 99 Corey Williams KC: 60 Rob Davis 99 Corey Williams

## Rookies and first-year players are underlined ## Pg. 21 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET 2007 POSTSEASON STATISTICS

Packers Opponent RECEIVING No Yds Avg Long TD TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ...... 38 39 Donald Driver ...... 8 159 19.9 90t 1 Rushing ...... 13 12 Greg Jennings ...... 7 85 12.1 24 2 Passing ...... 22 20 Donald Lee ...... 5 51 10.2 18 1 Penalty ...... 3 7 Koren Robinson ...... 4 16 4.0 16 0 3rd Down: Made/Att ...... 8/20 9/27 James Jones ...... 3 42 14.0 31 0 3rd Down Pct...... 40.0 33.3 Ryan Grant ...... 3 3 1.0 11 0 4th Down: Made/Att ...... 0/0 0/2 Bubba Franks ...... 2 18 9.0 11 0 4th Down Pct...... 0.0 0.0 Brandon Jackson ...... 2 14 7.0 13t 1 POSSESSION AVG...... 27:41 32:19 Vernand Morency ...... 2 9 4.5 7 0 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 672 577 Korey Hall ...... 1 12 12.0 12 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 336.0 288.5 PACKERS ...... 37 409 11.1 90t 5 Total Plays ...... 108 134 OPPONENTS ...... 40 445 11.1 32 1 Avg. Per Play ...... 6.2 4.3 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 263 162 INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game ...... 131.5 81.0 Total Rushes ...... 49 57 PACKERS ...... 0 0 ------0 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 409 415 OPPONENTS ...... 2 20 10.0 11 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 204.5 207.5 Sacked/Yards Lost ...... 1/0 4/30 PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In 20 LG Blk Gross Yards ...... 409 445 Jon Ryan ...... 9 298 33.1 28.2 1 3 43 0 Att./Completions ...... 58/37 73/40 PACKERS ...... 9 298 33.1 28.2 1 3 43 0 Completion Pct...... 63.8 54.8 OPPONENTS ...... 8 291 36.4 36.0 0 2 49 0 Had Intercepted ...... 2 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE ...... 9/33.1 8/36.4 Net Punting Avg...... 9/28.2 8/36.0 PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 12/84 10/78 Tramon Williams ...... 3 1 3 1.0 2 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST ...... 3/2 7/2 PACKERS ...... 3 1 3 1.0 2 0 TOUCHDOWNS ...... 8 4 OPPONENTS ...... 4 1 24 6.0 9 0 Rushing ...... 3 3 Passing ...... 5 1 KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD Returns ...... 0 0 Tramon Williams ...... 6 160 26.7 49 0 Koren Robinson ...... 4 54 13.5 24 0 PACKERS ...... 10 214 21.4 49 0 SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS PACKERS 14 24 14 10 0 62 OPPONENTS ...... 12 226 18.8 36 0 OPPONENTS 17 6 17 0 3 43 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ SCORING TD - Ru - Pa - Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Mason Crosby ...... 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 Ryan Grant ...... 3 3 0 0 0 18 PACKERS ...... 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 Mason Crosby ...... 0 0 0 0 8/8 2/2 0 14 OPPONENTS ...... 0/0 3/3 1/2 1/2 0/0 Greg Jennings ...... 2 0 2 0 0 12 Donald Driver ...... 1 0 1 0 0 6 Crosby: ( ) (36G,37G) Brandon Jackson ...... 1 0 1 0 0 6 Opponents: (29G,27G) (29G,37G,43N,36N,47G) Donald Lee ...... 1 0 1 0 0 6 PACKERS ...... 8 3 5 0 8/8 2/2 0 62 OPPONENTS ...... 4 3 1 0 4/4 5/7 0 43 2-Point Conversions: PACKERS 0-0, OPPONENTS 0-0

SACKS: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 1.5, Cullen Jenkins 1.5, A.J. Hawk 1, PACKERS 4, OPPONENTS 1

RUSHING No Yds Avg Long TD Ryan Grant ...... 40 230 5.8 43 3 Brandon Jackson ...... 8 34 4.3 18 0 Brett Favre ...... 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 PACKERS ...... 49 263 5.4 43 3 OPPONENTS ...... 57 162 2.8 12 3

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brett Favre ...... 58 37 409 63.8 7.05 5 8.6 2 3.4 90t 1/0 99.0 PACKERS ...... 58 37 409 63.8 7.05 5 8.6 2 3.4 90t 1/0 99.0 OPPONENTS ...... 73 40 445 54.8 6.10 1 1.4 0 0.0 32 4/30 77.7 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 22 2007 POSTSEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Through NFC Championship Game vs. N.Y. Giants (Jan. 20) SPECIAL TEAMS

Total Sacks/ Int/ Fum For Pass Player TT FR FF Player Tackles Solo Asst Yards Yards Rec Fum Def Brandon Jackson ...... 4 0 0 Nick Barnett ...... 18 9 9 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Korey Hall ...... 3 0 0 Atari Bigby ...... 16 14 2 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 2 Charlie Peprah ...... 3 0 0 A.J. Hawk ...... 15 6 9 1.0/3.0 0/0 0 0 1 Aaron Rouse ...... 3 0 0 Corey Williams ...... 12 6 6 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Desmond Bishop ...... 2 0 0 Nick Collins ...... 11 8 3 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Mike Montgomery ...... 2 0 0 Aaron Kampman ...... 11 8 3 0.0/0.0 0/0 1 0 0 Vernand Morency ...... 2 0 0 Ryan Pickett ...... 11 7 4 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Tracy White ...... 2 0 1 Cullen Jenkins ...... 10 7 3 1.5/16.0 0/0 0 0 1 Jarrett Bush ...... 1 0 0 Al Harris ...... 770 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 4 Mason Crosby ...... 1 0 0 Justin Harrell ...... 752 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 0 Jason Hunter ...... 1 0 0 Tramon Williams ...... 660 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 2 Brady Poppinga ...... 1 0 0 Charles Woodson ...... 660 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 2 Tramon Williams ...... 1 0 0 Brady Poppinga ...... 651 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 26 0 1 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... 3211.5/11.0 0/0 0 0 0 Mike Montgomery ...... 110 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Frank Walker ...... 110 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Charlie Peprah ...... 101 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Jarrett Bush ...... 000 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Ryan Grant ...... 000 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 0 Totals ...... 142 98 44 4.0/30.0 0/0 1 4 14

MISCELLANEOUS TACKLES

Player Tackles Scott Wells ...... 2 Donald Driver ...... 1 Ryan Grant ...... 1 Totals ...... 4 Pg. 23 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET 2007 REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICS

Packers Opponent RECEIVING No Yds Avg Long TD TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ...... 307 297 Donald Driver ...... 82 1048 12.8 47 2 Rushing ...... 69 77 Greg Jennings ...... 53 920 17.4 82t 12 Passing ...... 210 176 Donald Lee ...... 48 575 12.0 60 6 Penalty ...... 28 44 James Jones ...... 47 676 14.4 79t 2 3rd Down: Made/Att ...... 86/202 69/209 Vernand Morency ...... 30 199 6.6 18 0 3rd Down Pct...... 42.6 33.0 Ryan Grant ...... 30 145 4.8 21 0 4th Down: Made/Att ...... 5/11 9/24 Koren Robinson ...... 21 241 11.5 43 1 4th Down Pct...... 45.5 37.5 Bubba Franks ...... 18 132 7.3 24 3 POSSESSION AVG...... 30:19 29:41 Ruvell Martin ...... 16 242 15.1 36 4 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 5931 5013 Brandon Jackson ...... 16 130 8.1 16 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 370.7 313.3 DeShawn Wynn ...... 9 73 8.1 18 0 Total Plays ...... 985 994 Korey Hall ...... 8 49 6.1 10 0 Avg. Per Play ...... 6.0 5.0 Ryan Krause ...... 2 11 5.5 6 0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 1597 1647 John Kuhn ...... 2 7 3.5 5 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 99.8 102.9 Shaun Bodiford ...... 1 13 13.0 13 0 Total Rushes ...... 388 424 PACKERS ...... 383 4461 11.6 82t 30 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 4334 3366 OPPONENTS ...... 295 3584 12.1 50 23 Avg. Per Game ...... 270.9 210.4 Sacked/Yards Lost ...... 19/127 36/218 INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards ...... 4461 3584 Att./Completions ...... 578/383 534/295 Atari Bigby ...... 5 50 10.0 22 0 Completion Pct...... 66.3 55.2 Charles Woodson ...... 4 48 12.0 46t 1 Had Intercepted ...... 15 19 Nick Barnett ...... 2 40 20.0 38 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE ...... 62/43.0 80/42.5 Aaron Rouse ...... 2 37 18.5 34 0 Net Punting Avg...... 62/37.6 80/33.8 Al Harris ...... 2 17 8.5 17 0 PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 113/1006 118/908 Tramon Williams ...... 1 22 22.0 22 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST ...... 25/9 17/9 A.J. Hawk ...... 1 10 10.0 10 0 TOUCHDOWNS ...... 49 31 Corey Williams ...... 1 9 9.0 9 0 Rushing ...... 13 6 Brady Poppinga ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing ...... 30 23 PACKERS ...... 19 233 12.3 46t 1 Returns ...... 6 2 OPPONENTS ...... 15 166 11.1 85t 1

PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In 20 LG Blk SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Jon Ryan ...... 60 2664 44.4 37.6 11 18 72 2 PACKERS 86 128 112 103 6 435 PACKERS ...... 62 2664 43.0 37.6 11 18 72 2 OPPONENTS 56 102 57 76 0 291 OPPONENTS ...... 80 3397 42.5 33.8 10 22 61 0 SCORING TD - Ru - Pa - Rt K-PAT FG S PTS PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Mason Crosby ...... 0 0 0 0 48/48 31/39 0 141 Greg Jennings ...... 12 0 12 0 0 72 Charles Woodson ...... 33 5 268 8.1 34 0 Ryan Grant ...... 8 8 0 0 0 48 Will Blackmon ...... 8 0 106 13.3 57t 1 Donald Lee ...... 6 0 6 0 0 36 Tramon Williams ...... 6 0 118 19.7 94t 1 Ruvell Martin ...... 4 0 4 0 0 24 Jarrett Bush ...... 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 DeShawn Wynn ...... 4 4 0 0 0 24 PACKERS ...... 48 5 492 10.3 94t 2 Bubba Franks ...... 3 0 3 0 0 18 OPPONENTS ...... 19 14 113 5.9 26 0 Will Blackmon ...... 2 0 0 2 0 12 Donald Driver ...... 2 0 2 0 0 12 James Jones ...... 2 0 2 0 0 12 KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD Charles Woodson ...... 2 0 0 2 0 12 Tramon Williams ...... 30 684 22.8 65 0 Brandon Jackson ...... 1 1 0 0 0 6 Koren Robinson ...... 25 596 23.8 67 0 Koren Robinson ...... 1 0 1 0 0 6 Tracy White ...... 1 0 0 1 0 6 Shaun Bodiford ...... 2 41 20.5 22 0 Tramon Williams ...... 1 0 0 1 0 6 Will Blackmon ...... 1 3 3.0 3 0 PACKERS ...... 49 13 30 6 48/48 31/39 0 435 Donald Driver ...... 1 4 4.0 4 0 OPPONENTS ...... 31 6 23 2 29/29 24/27 0 291 Ruvell Martin ...... 1 6 6.0 6 0 2-Point Conversions: PACKERS 0-0, OPPONENTS 2-2 Michael Montgomery ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 DeShawn Wynn ...... 1 15 15.0 15 0 SACKS: Aaron Kampman 12, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 9.5, Corey Williams 7, Nick Barnett 3.5, PACKERS ...... 62 1349 21.8 67 0 A.J. Hawk 1, Cullen Jenkins 1, 1, Ryan Pickett 1, PACKERS 36, OPPONENTS 19 OPPONENTS ...... 77 1610 20.9 74 0

RUSHING No Yds Avg Long TD FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Ryan Grant ...... 188 956 5.1 66t 8 Mason Crosby ...... 1/1 8/8 10/11 9/14 3/5 Brandon Jackson ...... 75 267 3.6 46 1 PACKERS ...... 1/1 8/8 10/11 9/14 3/5 DeShawn Wynn ...... 50 203 4.1 44 4 Vernand Morency ...... 29 108 3.7 15 0 OPPONENTS ...... 0/0 4/4 8/9 10/12 2/2 Aaron Rodgers ...... 7 29 4.1 13 0 Brett Favre ...... 29 12 0.4 21 0 Crosby: (53G,37G,42G) (42N) (28G) (28G,44G,33G) (37G,37G) (46N,37G,38N) (19G,26G) Jon Ryan ...... 2 7 3.5 7 0 (48G,36G,52N,32G,45G) (39G,24G) (49B,49N,47G) (20G,20G,26G) (47G,52G) Craig Nall ...... 5 6 1.2 8 0 (43N,44G,52N) (44G,50G,25G,46G) ( ) (33G, 35G) Robinson ...... 1 5 5.0 5 0 Opponents: (33G,47G) (34N,48G,32G) (44G) (44G,35G,48G) (44G,36G) ( ) (45G,21G) ( ) ( ) Donald Driver ...... 2 4 2.0 5 0 (26G) (47G,41G,45G,52G) (26G,51G,25G) (44N) (48N) (31G,35G) (35G, 38G) PACKERS ...... 388 1597 4.1 66t 13 OPPONENTS ...... 424 1647 3.9 55 6

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brett Favre ...... 535 356 4155 66.5 7.77 28 5.2 15 2.8 82t 15/93 95.7 Aaron Rodgers ...... 28 20 218 71.4 7.79 1 3.6 0 0.0 43 3/24 106.0 Craig Nall ...... 15 7 88 46.7 5.87 1 6.7 0 0.0 32t 1/10 87.6 PACKERS ...... 578 383 4461 66.3 7.72 30 5.2 15 2.6 82t 19/127 95.9 OPPONENTS ...... 534 295 3584 55.2 6.71 23 4.3 19 3.6 50 36/218 75.6 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 24 2007 REGULAR-SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Final regular-season totals SPECIAL TEAMS

Total Sacks/ Int/ Fum For Pass Player TT FR FF Player Tackles Solo Asst Yards Yards Rec Fum Def Jason Hunter ...... 25 0 1 Nick Barnett ...... 165 109 56 3.5/19.5 2/40 1 0 6 Tracy White ...... 16 2 0 A.J. Hawk ...... 129 81 48 1.0/7.0 1/10 1 1 4 Desmond Bishop ...... 12 0 0 Atari Bigby ...... 121 95 26 0.0/0.0 5/50 0 3 13 Korey Hall ...... 12 0 0 Aaron Kampman ...... 91 57 34 12.0/73.0 0/0 1 1 2 Frank Walker ...... 12 0 0 Brady Poppinga ...... 70 43 27 0.0/0.0 1/0 0 0 1 Jarrett Bush ...... 11 1 0 Charles Woodson ...... 64 54 10 0.0/0.0 4/48 1 0 10 John Kuhn ...... 11 0 0 Ryan Pickett ...... 63 38 25 1.0/6.0 0/0 0 0 1 Charlie Peprah ...... 11 0 2 Nick Collins ...... 62 45 17 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 6 Will Blackmon ...... 8 1 0 Corey Williams ...... 51 32 19 7.0/38.0 1/9 0 3 1 Tramon Williams ...... 7 0 0 Cullen Jenkins ...... 49 31 18 1.0/2.0 0/0 0 0 9 Mason Crosby ...... 6 0 0 Al Harris ...... 37 34 3 0.0/0.0 2/17 0 0 9 Ryan Grant ...... 6 0 0 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... 36 26 10 9.5/65.5 0/0 0 2 2 Vernand Morency ...... 6 0 0 Aaron Rouse ...... 33 26 7 0.0/0.0 2/37 0 0 4 Mike Montgomery ...... 5 0 0 Johnny Jolly ...... 31 14 17 1.0/7.0 0/0 1 0 5 Atari Bigby ...... 4 0 0 Justin Harrell ...... 24 13 11 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Ryan Krause ...... 4 0 0 Jarrett Bush ...... 23 18 5 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 8 Shaun Bodiford ...... 2 0 0 Mike Montgomery ...... 22 15 7 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Brady Poppinga ...... 2 0 0 Colin Cole ...... 13 7 6 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Aaron Rouse ...... 2 0 0 Tramon Williams ...... 11 10 1 0.0/0.0 1/22 0 0 4 A.J. Hawk ...... 1 0 0 Frank Walker ...... 10 9 1 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Brandon Jackson ...... 1 0 0 Daniel Muir ...... 844 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 164 4 3 Desmond Bishop ...... 642 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Will Blackmon ...... 330 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 2 Special teams touchdowns (4): Jason Hunter ...... 321 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Blackmon — 57-yard punt return vs. Conrad Bolston ...... 312 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Oakland (12/9) Charlie Peprah ...... 220 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Blackmon — fumble recovery in end zone vs. Tracy White ...... 101 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Total ...... 1,131 773 358 36.0/218.0 19/233 5 10 89 Oakland (12/9) White — fumble recovery in end zone vs. Philadelphia (9/9) T. Williams — 94-yard punt return vs. DEFENSIVE SCORING MISCELLANEOUS TACKLES Carolina (11/18)

Int Fum Player TD Ret Ret Safeties Player Tackles Charles Woodson ...... 2 1 1 0 Bubba Franks ...... 4 Totals ...... 2 1 1 0 Greg Jennings ...... 3 Koren Robinson ...... 2 Defensive touchdowns (2): Chad Clifton ...... 1 Woodson — 57-yard fumble return vs. Washington (10/14); Daryn Colledge ...... 1 Woodson — 46-yard interception return at Kansas City (11/4) Donald Driver ...... 1 Ryan Grant ...... 1 James Jones ...... 1 Donald Lee ...... 1 Jason Spitz ...... 1 Mark Tauscher ...... 1 Scott Wells ...... 1 Totals ...... 18

2007 COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Mike McCarthy, second year Assistants: (Assistant Head Coach/), Rock Gullickson (Strength & Conditioning Coordinator), (Offensive Coordinator), (Defensive Coordinator), Mike Stock (Special Teams Coordinator), Edgar Bennett (Running Backs), James Campen (Offensive Line), Tom Clements (Quarterbacks), Jerry Fontenot (Assistant Offensive Line), Carl Hairston (Defensive Ends), Ty Knott (Offensive Quality Control), Eric Lewis (Defensive Quality Control), Ben McAdoo (Tight Ends), Robert Nunn (Defensive Tackles), (Wide Receivers), Kurt Schottenheimer (Secondary), Shawn Slocum (Assistant Special Teams), Lionel Washington (Defensive Nickel Package/) Pg. 25 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET 2007 PRESEASON STATISTICS

Packers Opponent RECEIVING No Yds Avg Long TD TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ...... 66 66 James Jones ...... 21 233 11.1 32 2 Rushing ...... 16 28 Bubba Franks ...... 7 84 12.0 25 0 Passing ...... 46 34 Ruvell Martin ...... 7 71 10.1 19 0 Penalty ...... 4 4 Donald Driver ...... 6 56 9.3 22 0 3rd Down: Made/Att ...... 21/60 17/54 Brandon Jackson ...... 6 35 5.8 11 0 3rd Down Pct...... 35.0 31.5 David Clowney ...... 5 32 6.4 9 0 4th Down: Made/Att ...... 1/3 1/6 Carlyle Holiday ...... 5 28 5.6 11 2 4th Down Pct...... 33.3 16.7 Greg Jennings ...... 4 53 13.3 23 0 POSSESSION AVG...... 30:11 29:49 Zac Alcorn ...... 4 38 9.5 21 0 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 1039 1176 Noah Herron ...... 3 30 10.0 13 1 Avg. Per Game ...... 259.8 294.0 Shaun Bodiford ...... 2 26 13.0 18 0 Total Plays ...... 252 252 Donald Lee ...... 2 26 13.0 20 0 Avg. Per Play ...... 4.1 4.7 Chris Francies ...... 2 16 8.0 11 0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 348 515 Robert Ferguson ...... 2 7 3.5 4 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 87.0 128.8 Brandon Miree ...... 2 2 1.0 2 0 Total Rushes ...... 110 120 Clark Harris ...... 1 20 20.0 20 0 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 691 661 Carlton Brewster ...... 1 10 10.0 10 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 172.8 165.3 Korey Hall ...... 1 8 8.0 8 0 Sacked/Yards Lost ...... 10/84 14/99 Corey White ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards ...... 775 760 PACKERS ...... 82 775 9.5 32 5 Att./Completions ...... 132/82 118/62 OPPONENTS ...... 62 760 12.3 55 3 Completion Pct...... 62.1 52.5 Had Intercepted ...... 3 3 PUNTS/AVERAGE ...... 25/48.2 23/44.4 INTERCEPTIONS Net Punting Avg...... 25/37.4 23/39.3 No Yds Avg Long TD PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 25/178 24/211 Jarrett Bush ...... 2 41 20.5 22 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST ...... 6/4 8/6 Charlie Peprah ...... 1 27 27.0 27 0 TOUCHDOWNS ...... 10 8 PACKERS ...... 3 68 22.7 27 0 Rushing ...... 2 3 OPPONENTS ...... 3 33 11.0 24t 1 Passing ...... 5 3 Returns ...... 3 2 PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In 20 LG Blk SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Jon Ryan ...... 17 834 49.1 36.8 3 3 63 0 PACKERS 17 41 27 3 0 88 Ryan Dougherty ...... 8 370 46.3 38.8 1 2 56 0 OPPONENTS 9 27 27 10 0 73 PACKERS ...... 25 1204 48.2 37.4 4 5 63 0 OPPONENTS ...... 23 1021 44.4 39.3 3 10 59 0

SCORING TD - Ru - Pa - Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Mason Crosby ...... 0 0 0 0 5/5 3/4 0 14 PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Dave Rayner ...... 0 0 0 0 5/5 3/3 0 14 Tramon Williams ...... 5 0 33 6.6 20 0 Carlyle Holiday ...... 2 0 2 0 0 12 Will Blackmon ...... 4 1 12 3.0 16 0 Brandon Jackson ...... 2 2 0 0 0 12 Shaun Bodiford ...... 2 0 13 6.5 7 0 James Jones ...... 2 0 2 0 0 12 PACKERS ...... 11 1 58 5.3 20 0 Nick Barnett ...... 1 0 0 1 0 6 OPPONENTS ...... 15 2 188 12.5 70T 1 Justin Harrell ...... 1 0 0 1 0 6 Noah Herron ...... 1 0 1 0 0 6 Tracy White ...... 1 0 0 1 0 6 PACKERS ...... 10 2 5 3 10/10 6/7 0 88 KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD OPPONENTS ...... 8 3 3 2 7/8 6/6 0 73 David Clowney ...... 4 66 16.5 24 0 2-Point Conversions: PACKERS 0-0, OPPONENTS 0-0 Carlton Brewster ...... 3 69 23.0 27 0 Will Blackmon ...... 2 102 51.0 83 0 SACKS: Shaun Bodiford ...... 2 43 21.5 25 0 Larry Birdine 3, Cullen Jenkins 3, Atari Bigby 2, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 2, Tramon Williams ...... 2 47 23.5 26 0 Justin Harrell 1, A.J. Hawk 1, 1, Jason Hunter 1, PACKERS 14, OPPONENTS 10 Chris Francies ...... 1 18 18.0 18 0 PACKERS ...... 14 345 24.6 83 0 OPPONENTS ...... 13 304 23.4 46 0 RUSHING No Yds Avg Long TD Brandon Jackson ...... 40 131 3.3 15 2 Corey White ...... 34 108 3.2 12 0 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ DeShawn Wynn ...... 21 54 2.6 11 0 Aaron Rodgers ...... 3 25 8.3 20 0 Mason Crosby ...... 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/2 Noah Herron ...... 7 24 3.4 14 0 Dave Rayner ...... 0/0 2/2 1/1 0/0 0/0 ...... 1 5 5.0 5 0 PACKERS ...... 0/0 2/2 3/3 0/0 1/2 Paul Thompson ...... 3 1 0.3 3 0 OPPONENTS ...... 0/0 1/1 1/1 3/3 1/1 Brett Favre ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 PACKERS ...... 110 348 3.2 20 2 Crosby: (52G) (37G) (38G) (52N) OPPONENTS ...... 120 515 4.3 21 3 Rayner: (32G) (24G) (22G) ( ) Opponents: (27G) (46G,48G) ( ) (51G,33G,46G)

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Aaron Rodgers ...... 59 37 382 62.7 6.47 3 5.1 0 0.0 32 6/50 98.3 Brett Favre ...... 49 31 293 63.3 5.98 2 4.1 0 0.0 25 1/7 93.3 Paul Thompson ...... 19 11 86 57.9 4.53 0 0.0 2 10.5 21 2/19 29.6 Ingle Martin ...... 5 3 14 60.0 2.80 0 0.0 1 20.0 8 1/8 25.0 PACKERS ...... 132 82 775 62.1 5.87 5 3.8 3 2.3 32 10/84 81.5 OPPONENTS ...... 118 62 760 52.5 6.44 3 2.5 3 2.5 55 14/99 70.6 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 26 2007 PRESEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Unofficial totals (based on press box statistics), through Tennessee (Aug. 30) SPECIAL TEAMS

Total Sacks/ Int/ Fum For Pass Player TT FR FF Player Tackles Solo Asst Yards Yards Rec Fum Def Korey Hall ...... 3 0 0 Desmond Bishop ...... 18 13 5 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Jason Hunter ...... 3 0 0 Colin Cole ...... 13 11 2 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 2 Clark Harris...... 2 0 0 Atari Bigby ...... 12 9 3 2.0/16.0 0/0 0 1 0 Carlyle Holiday ...... 2 0 1 Daniel Muir ...... 12 9 3 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Tramon Williams...... 2 0 0 Larry Birdine ...... 11 9 2 3.0/23.0 0/0 1 2 0 Tim Goodwell ...... 2 0 0 Charlie Peprah ...... 11 7 4 0.0/0.0 1/27 0 0 2 Desmond Bishop ...... 1 0 0 Corey Williams ...... 11 7 4 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 ...... 1 0 0 Nick Barnett ...... 10 5 5 0.0/0.0 0/0 1 0 1 Rob Davis ...... 1 0 0 Jarrett Bush ...... 981 0.0/0.0 2/41 0 0 4 Rory Johnson ...... 1 0 0 Abdul Hodge ...... 972 1.0/6.0 0/0 0 0 0 Abdul Hodge ...... 1 0 0 Johnny Jolly ...... 963 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Antonio Malone ...... 1 0 0 Justin Harrell ...... 954 1.0/8.0 0/0 1 0 1 Marquand Manuel ...... 1 0 0 Frank Walker ...... 871 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 3 Alvin Nnabuife ...... 1 0 0 Tyrone Culver ...... 862 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 0 Aaron Rouse ...... 1 0 0 ...... 853 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Juwan Simpson ...... 1 0 0 Tim Goodwell ...... 752 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Frank Walker ...... 1 0 0 Tracy White ...... 743 0.0/0.0 0/0 1 0 1 Tracy White ...... 1 0 0 Will Blackmon ...... 660 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 2 Tramon Williams ...... 1 0 0 Cullen Jenkins ...... 6603.0/21.0 0/0 1 1 0 Totals ...... 27 0 1 Jason Hunter ...... 642 1.0/7.0 0/0 0 0 0 Carl-Johan Bjork ...... 541 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Aaron Kampman ...... 541 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 A.J. Hawk ...... 532 1.0/5.0 0/0 0 0 0 Aaron Rouse ...... 440 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 BLOCKED KICKS Tramon Williams...... 431 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Ryan Pickett ...... 422 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Patrick Dendy ...... 330 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Player PAT FG P Marquand Manuel ...... 330 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Michael Montgomery . . . . 1 0 0 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... 3212.0/13.0 0/0 0 1 0 Totals ...... 0 0 0 Rory Johnson ...... 220 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Antonio Malone ...... 220 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Michael Montgomery ...... 220 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Nick Collins ...... 211 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Alvin Nnabuife ...... 211 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Brady Poppinga ...... 211 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Marviel Underwood ...... 211 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Juwan Simpson ...... 101 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Charles Woodson ...... 101 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Al Harris ...... 000 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Totals ...... 242 177 65 14.0/99.0 3/68 5 7 22

DEFENSIVE SCORING MISCELLANEOUS TACKLES

Int Fum Player TD Ret Ret Safeties Player Tackles Nick Barnett ...... 1 0 1 0 James Jones ...... 1 Justin Harrell ...... 1 0 1 0 Orrin Thompson ...... 1 Tracy White ...... 1 0 1 0 Corey White ...... 1 Totals ...... 3 0 3 0 Totals ...... 3

Defensive touchdowns (3): Nick Barnett 1, 62-yard fumble return vs. Seattle (8/18); Justin Harrell 1, 18-yard fumble return at Tennessee (8/30); Tracy White 1, 34-yard fumble return vs. Seattle (8/18) Pg. 27 2007 SEASON REVIEW  THE DOPE SHEET NFL No ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Exp College High School Hometown 78 Barbre, Allen ...... G 6-4 300 6/22/84 R Missouri Southern St. Granby, Mo. 56 Barnett, Nick ...... LB 6-2 232 5/27/81 5 Oregon State Fontana, Calif. 20 Bigby, Atari ...... S 5-11 211 9/19/81 2 Central Florida Miami, Fla. 55 Bishop, Desmond ...... LB 6-2 241 7/24/84 R California Fairfield, Calif. 27 Blackmon, Will ...... CB 6-0 202 10/27/84 2 Boston College Warwick, R.I. 19 Bodiford, Shaun ...... WR 5-11 186 5/4/82 2 Portland State Federal Way, Wash. 93 Bolston, Conrad ...... DT 6-4 300 1/9/85 R Maryland Washington, D.C. 24 Bush, Jarrett ...... CB 6-0 197 5/21/84 2 Utah State Vacaville, Calif. 76 Clifton, Chad ...... T 6-5 320 6/26/76 8 Tennessee Martin, Tenn. 73 Colledge, Daryn ...... G 6-4 305 2/11/82 2 Boise State North Pole, Alaska 36 Collins, Nick ...... S 5-11 200 8/16/83 3 Bethune-Cookman Cross City, Fla. 2 Crosby, Mason ...... K 6-1 212 9/3/84 R Colorado Georgetown, Texas 60 Davis, Rob ...... LS 6-3 284 12/10/68 12 Shippensburg Greenbelt, Md. 80 Driver, Donald ...... WR 6-0 190 2/2/75 9 Alcorn State Houston, Texas 4 Favre, Brett ...... QB 6-2 222 10/10/69 17 Southern Mississippi Kiln, Miss. 88 Franks, Bubba ...... TE 6-6 265 1/6/78 8 Miami (Fla.) Big Spring, Texas 94 Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer ...... DE 6-4 247 9/24/77 8 San Diego State Los Angeles, Calif. 25 Grant, Ryan ...... RB 6-1 224 12/9/82 1 Notre Dame Ramsey, N.J. 35 Hall, Korey ...... FB 6-0 236 8/5/83 R Boise State Glenns Ferry, Idaho 91 Harrell, Justin ...... DT 6-4 310 2/14/84 R Tennessee Martin, Tenn. 31 Harris, Al ...... CB 6-1 188 12/7/74 10 Texas A&M-Kingsville Pompano Beach, Fla. 50 Hawk, A.J...... LB 6-1 247 1/6/84 2 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio 57 Hunter, Jason ...... DE 6-4 250 8/28/83 2 Appalachian State Fayetteville, N.C. 32 Jackson, Brandon ...... RB 5-10 212 10/2/85 R Nebraska Horn Lake, Miss. 77 Jenkins, Cullen ...... DE 6-2 303 1/20/81 4 Central Michigan Belleville, Mich. 85 Jennings, Greg ...... WR 5-11 197 9/21/83 2 Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. 89 Jones, James ...... WR 6-1 207 3/31/84 R San Jose State San Jose, Calif. 74 Kampman, Aaron ...... DE 6-4 270 11/30/79 6 Iowa Parkersburg, Iowa 87 Krause, Ryan ...... TE 6-3 244 6/16/81 4 Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, Neb. 30 Kuhn, John ...... FB 6-0 250 9/9/82 2 Shippensburg York, Pa. 86 Lee, Donald ...... TE 6-4 248 8/31/80 5 Mississippi State Maben, Miss. 82 Martin, Ruvell ...... WR 6-4 210 8/10/82 2 Saginaw Valley State Muskegon, Mich. 75 Moll, Tony ...... T/G 6-5 304 8/23/83 2 Nevada Sonoma, Calif. 96 Montgomery, Michael ...... DE 6-5 265 8/18/83 3 Texas A&M Center, Texas 34 Morency, Vernand ...... RB 5-10 212 2/4/80 3 Oklahoma State Miami, Fla. 95 Muir, Daniel ...... DT 6-2 298 9/12/83 R Kent State Riverdale, Md. 16 Nall, Craig ...... QB 6-3 230 4/21/79 6 Northwestern (La.) St. Alexandria, La. 26 Peprah, Charlie ...... S 5-11 202 2/24/83 2 Alabama Plano, Texas 79 Pickett, Ryan ...... DT 6-2 322 10/8/79 7 Ohio State Zephyrhills, Fla. 51 Poppinga, Brady ...... LB 6-3 245 9/21/79 3 Brigham Young Evanston, Wyo. 81 Robinson, Koren ...... WR 6-1 205 3/19/80 6 North Carolina State Belmont, N.C. 12 Rodgers, Aaron ...... QB 6-2 223 12/2/83 3 California Chico, Calif. 37 Rouse, Aaron ...... S 6-4 223 1/8/84 R Virginia Tech Virginia Beach, Va. 9 Ryan, Jon ...... P 6-0 202 11/26/81 2 Regina (Canada) Regina, Saskatchewan 72 Spitz, Jason ...... G/C 6-3 300 12/19/82 2 Louisville Jacksonville, Fla. 65 Tauscher, Mark ...... T 6-3 315 6/17/77 8 Wisconsin Auburndale, Wis. 69 Thompson, Orrin ...... T 6-6 322 11/11/82 1 Duke Charlotte, N.C. 41 Walker, Frank ...... CB 5-11 196 8/6/81 5 Tuskegee Tuskegee, Ala. 63 Wells, Scott ...... C 6-2 295 1/7/81 4 Tennessee Brentwood, Tenn. 59 White, Tracy ...... LB 6-0 234 4/14/81 5 Howard St. Stephens, S.C. 99 Williams, Corey ...... DT 6-4 313 8/17/80 4 Arkansas State Camden, Ark. 38 Williams, Tramon ...... CB 5-11 182 3/16/83 1 Louisiana Tech Napoleonville, La. 21 Woodson, Charles ...... CB 6-1 200 10/7/76 10 Michigan Fremont, Ohio

Practice Squad 83 Francies, Chris ...... WR 6-1 193 7/26/82 2 Texas-El Paso Houston, Texas 53 Havner, Spencer ...... LB 6-3 244 2/2/83 1 UCLA Grass Valley, Calif. 61 Keenan, Ryan ...... G 6-4 299 8/18/83 R Northwestern Lakewood, Ohio 98 Malone, Alfred ...... DT 6-4 308 2/21/82 2 Troy Frisco City, Ala. 40 Porter, Joe ...... CB 5-10 198 11/27/85 R Rutgers Franklin, NJ 67 Stephenson, Cameron ...... G 6-3 315 6/18/83 R Rutgers Hawthorne, Calif. 71 Washburn, Cliff ...... T 6-5 308 1/25/80 1 Citadel Shelby, NC 45 White, Corey ...... FB 6-1 239 10/1/85 R Alabama-Birmingham Bessemer, Ala.

Practice Squad; Injured 68 Patrick, Chris ...... G 6-4 302 8/22/84 R Nebraska Ithaca, Mich.

International Practice Squad 47 Bjork, Carl-Johan ...... LB 6-0 247 2/26/82 1 No College Stockholm, Sweden

Injured Reserve (out for season) 90 Cole, Colin ...... DT 6-1 315 6/24/80 3 Iowa arm: Nov. 25 62 Coston, Junius ...... T/G 6-3 313 11/5/83 3 North Carolina A&T calf: Jan. 3 29 Culver, Tyrone ...... S 6-1 200 7/6/83 2 Fresno State shoulder: Sept. 1 23 Herron, Noah ...... RB 5-11 218 4/3/82 3 Northwestern knee: Sept. 2 52 Hodge, Abdul ...... LB 6-0 229 9/9/82 2 Iowa knee: Sept. 1 18 Holiday, Carlyle ...... WR 6-2 217 10/4/81 2 Notre Dame knee: Sept. 15 84 Humphrey, Tory ...... TE 6-2 250 1/20/83 2 Central Michigan ankle: Aug. 3 97 Jolly, Johnny ...... DT 6-3 312 2/21/83 2 Texas A&M shoulder: Dec. 11 64 Palmer, Tony ...... G 6-2 311 2/23/83 2 Missouri neck: Sept. 20 39 Powdrell, Ryan ...... FB 5-11 254 12/20/83 R Southern California knee: Aug. 27 70 Walter, Tyson ...... G 6-4 300 3/17/78 6 Ohio State toe: Sept. 1 42 Wynn, DeShawn ...... RB 5-10 232 10/9/83 R Florida shoulder: Oct. 30 THE DOPE SHEET  2007 SEASON REVIEW Pg. 28 NFL How Reg. season No NUMERICAL ROSTER Pos Ht Wt Age Exp College Acquired GP/GS/DNP/IA 2 Mason Crosby ...... K 6-1 212 23 R Colorado D6c-07 16/0/0/0 4 Brett Favre ...... QB 6-2 222 38 17 Southern Mississippi T-92 (Atl) 16/16/0/0 9 Jon Ryan ...... P 6-0 202 26 2 Regina (Canada) FA-06 16/0/0/0 12 Aaron Rodgers ...... QB 6-2 223 24 3 California D1-05 2/0/10/4 16 Craig Nall ...... QB 6-3 230 28 6 Northwestern (La.) State FA-07 (D5b-02) 1/0/3/0 19 Shaun Bodiford ...... WR 5-11 186 25 2 Portland State FA-07 6/0/0/7 20 Atari Bigby ...... S 5-11 211 26 2 Central Florida FA-06 16/16/0/0 21 Charles Woodson ...... CB 6-1 200 31 10 Michigan UFA-06 (Oak) 14/14/0/2 24 Jarrett Bush ...... CB 6-0 197 23 2 Utah State W-06 (Car) 14/1/0/2 25 Ryan Grant ...... RB 6-1 224 25 1 Notre Dame T-07 (NYG) 15/7/1/0 26 Charlie Peprah ...... S 5-11 202 24 2 Alabama W-06 (NYG) 16/0/0/0 27 Will Blackmon ...... CB 6-0 202 23 2 Boston College D4b-06 9/1/0/7 30 John Kuhn ...... FB 6-0 250 25 2 Shippensburg W-07 (Pitt) 16/1/0/0 31 Al Harris ...... CB 6-1 188 33 10 Texas A&M-Kingsville T-03 (Phil) 16/16/0/0 32 Brandon Jackson ...... RB 5-10 212 22 R Nebraska D2-07 11/3/0/5 34 Vernand Morency ...... RB 5-10 212 27 3 Oklahoma State T-06 (Hou) 13/0/0/3 35 Korey Hall ...... FB 6-0 236 24 R Boise State D6a-07 14/10/0/2 36 Nick Collins ...... S 5-11 200 24 3 Bethune-Cookman D2a-05 13/13/0/3 37 Aaron Rouse ...... S 6-4 223 24 R Virginia Tech D3b-07 11/3/1/4 38 Tramon Williams ...... CB 5-11 182 24 1 Louisiana Tech FA-06 16/1/0/0 41 Frank Walker ...... CB 5-11 196 26 5 Tuskegee UFA-07 (NYG) 12/0/2/2 50 A.J. Hawk ...... LB 6-1 247 24 2 Ohio State D1-06 16/16/0/0 51 Brady Poppinga ...... LB 6-3 245 28 3 Brigham Young D4b-05 16/15/0/0 55 Desmond Bishop ...... LB 6-2 241 23 R California D6b-07 10/0/1/5 56 Nick Barnett ...... LB 6-2 232 26 5 Oregon State D1-03 16/16/0/0 57 Jason Hunter ...... DE 6-4 250 24 2 Appalachian State FA-06 16/0/0/0 59 Tracy White ...... LB 6-0 234 26 5 Howard FA-06 13/0/0/3 60 Rob Davis ...... LS 6-3 284 39 12 Shippensburg FA-97 16/0/0/0 63 Scott Wells ...... C 6-2 295 27 4 Tennessee FA-04 (D7-04) 14/13/0/2 65 Mark Tauscher ...... T 6-3 315 30 8 Wisconsin D7a-00 16/16/0/0 69 Orrin Thompson ...... T 6-6 322 25 1 Duke FA-07 0/0/2/2 72 Jason Spitz ...... G/C 6-3 300 24 2 Louisville D3b-06 15/12/1/0 73 Daryn Colledge ...... G 6-4 305 25 2 Boise State D2a-06 16/13/0/0 74 Aaron Kampman ...... DE 6-4 270 28 6 Iowa D5a-02 15/15/0/1 75 Tony Moll ...... T/G 6-5 304 24 2 Nevada D5b-06 8/3/4/4 76 Chad Clifton ...... T 6-5 320 31 8 Tennessee D2-00 16/16/0/0 77 Cullen Jenkins ...... DE 6-2 303 26 4 Central Michigan FA-04 16/15/0/0 78 Allen Barbre ...... G 6-4 300 23 R Missouri Southern St. D4-07 7/0/0/9 79 Ryan Pickett ...... DT 6-2 322 28 7 Ohio State UFA-06 (StL) 14/14/0/2 80 Donald Driver ...... WR 6-0 190 32 9 Alcorn State D7b-99 15/14/0/1 81 Koren Robinson ...... WR 6-1 205 27 6 North Carolina State FA-06 9/1/0/0 82 Ruvell Martin ...... WR 6-4 210 25 2 Saginaw Valley State FA-06 15/5/0/1 85 Greg Jennings ...... WR 5-11 197 24 2 Western Michigan D2b-06 13/13/0/3 86 Donald Lee ...... TE 6-4 248 27 5 Mississippi State FA-05 15/12/0/1 87 Ryan Krause ...... TE 6-3 244 26 4 Nebraska-Omaha FA-07 9/0/0/1 88 Bubba Franks ...... TE 6-6 265 30 8 Miami (Fla.) D1-00 8/1/0/8 89 James Jones ...... WR 6-1 207 23 R San Jose State D3a-07 16/9/0/0 91 Justin Harrell ...... DT 6-4 310 23 R Tennessee D1-07 7/2/0/9 93 Conrad Bolston ...... DT 6-4 300 23 R Maryland W-07 (Minn) 1/0/0/2 94 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... DE 6-4 247 30 8 San Diego State FA-00 (D5a-00) 15/2/0/1 95 Daniel Muir ...... DT 6-2 298 24 R Kent State FA-07 3/0/0/13 96 Michael Montgomery ...... DE 6-5 265 24 3 Texas A&M D6a-05 9/0/0/7 99 Corey Williams ...... DT 6-4 313 27 4 Arkansas State D6-04 16/9/0/0

Practice Squad 40 Joe Porter ...... CB 5-10 198 21 R Rutgers FA-07 0/0/0/0 45 Corey White ...... FB 6-1 239 22 R Alabama-Birmingham FA-07 0/0/0/0 53 Spencer Havner ...... LB 6-3 244 24 1 UCLA FA-07 0/0/0/0 61 Ryan Keenan ...... G 6-4 299 24 R Northwestern FA-07 0/0/0/0 67 Cameron Stephenson ...... G 6-3 315 24 R Rutgers FA-07 0/0/0/0 71 Cliff Washburn ...... T 6-5 308 27 1 Citadel FA-07 0/0/0/0 83 Chris Francies ...... WR 6-1 193 25 2 Texas-El Paso FA-06 0/0/1/0 98 Alfred Malone ...... DT 6-4 308 25 2 Troy FA-07 0/0/0/0

Practice Squad; Injured 68 Chris Patrick ...... G 6-4 302 23 R Nebraska FA-07 0/0/0/0

International Practice Squad 47 Carl-Johan Bjork ...... LB 6-0 247 25 1 No College FA-07 0/0/0/0

Injured Reserve (out for season) 18 Carlyle Holiday ...... WR 6-2 217 26 2 Notre Dame W-06 (Ari) knee: Sept. 15 23 Noah Herron ...... RB 5-11 218 25 3 Northwestern FA-05 knee: Sept. 2 29 Tyrone Culver ...... S 6-1 200 24 2 Fresno State D6b-06 shoulder: Sept. 1 39 Ryan Powdrell ...... FB 5-11 254 23 R Southern California FA-07 knee: Aug. 27 42 DeShawn Wynn ...... RB 5-10 232 24 R Florida D7a-07 shoulder: Oct. 30 52 Abdul Hodge ...... LB 6-0 229 25 2 Iowa D3a-06 knee: Sept. 1 62 Junius Coston ...... T/G 6-3 313 24 3 North Carolina A&T D5a-05 calf: Jan. 3 64 Tony Palmer ...... G 6-2 311 24 2 Missouri W-06 (StL) neck: Sept. 20 70 Tyson Walter ...... G 6-4 300 29 6 Ohio State FA-06 toe: Sept. 1 84 Tory Humphrey ...... TE 6-2 250 24 2 Central Michigan FA-05 ankle: Aug. 3 90 Colin Cole ...... DT 6-1 315 27 3 Iowa FA-04 arm: Nov. 25 97 Johnny Jolly ...... DT 6-3 312 24 2 Texas A&M D6a-06 shoulder: Dec. 11